Jade Covered Flattened Vase with Decoration of the Scholar Tao Yuanming (365-427)

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" in a double circle on the base

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

Enameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

White stoneware with clear glaze over molded decoration and stylized Chinese character "shou" (longevity) impressed into the flat floor; the rim banded with metal

Jade carved in Mughal style; pale greenish white nephrite

Cloudy, pale greenish white nephrite

Pale greenish white nephrite

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "doucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi" within a double circle on the base

Enameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with ogival panels decorated with overglaze polychrome enamels, the panels reserved against an underglaze cobalt powder blue ground emblazoned with designs painted in overglaze gold enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue double circle on the base

Pale greenish white nephrite

Soft-paste porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue