Winged Cup (Erbei)

Cast bronze

Porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and with overglaze polychrome enamels added at a later date; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Brownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface

Lushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Greenish white nephrite

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over stamped decoration

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing; "Chonghua gong jingqi xuan yong" (Palace of Double Glory, used in the Pavilion of Serene Repose) inscription incised on base at a later date

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Lead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze over molded decoration

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Red lacquer