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White cotton tablecloth with blue embroidery. A stitched double line divides the cloth into a grid of nine squares. There is a roundel with a floral motif in the centre square of each side and in the very middle. There is a thin floral border around the edges with triangular corners. The back is unlined.
Human figure made of grey/brown clay, fully modelled. Figure represents a man seated on the ground with hair in a top-knot, painted black with one arm raised, the other resting on his knee. Dressed in loose shirt and rolled-up trousers with bare feet. Beside him is bundle of sticks or straw.
Dark red background with repeating dragon pattern in yellow, blue, green and white, bordered by parallel bands of key scroll design edges and green fish, white blossoms and sea grass. Entire pattern is repeated again, seperated by plain middle section with narrown band of Chinese characters. Ends of entire piece are plain. Selvedges run length, ends are raw.
Round, lipped, hexagonal jar; each side has a stamped floral design; curvilinear design incised on shoulder; monochrome green glaze on exterior surfaces; hexagonal indented base; irregularly applied brown slip on interior surface.
Green and brown stone pi (part a) with circular hole. Upper side has carved design of four motives with eyes and whiskers. Reverse side has calligraphy enclosed in two incised lines. Carved wooden stand (part b) has a grooved crescent attached to openwork curvilinear support attached to rectangular base with curved feet at corners.
Rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid and lock. Brass pieces nailed to the corners and sides are decoratively engraved with floral and avian designs.
White, blue-grey, red and black embroidered cranes, and white and grey cloud forms on black background. A border of blue cotton has been sewn on. The pattern of the border is thin is spots where brown paper shows through the fabric. The entire piece is backed by a piece of cotton with a fan and screen design in light white-brown and blue.
A pair (parts a-b) of shoes for bound feet. The soles of each shoe are made of white cotton fabric, and the thick arch, and heel, in one piece, are of the same fabric over wood(?) lined with finer white fabric. The outer surface, except for the sole, is covered with silk. The lower part is made of light blue-green silk with embroidery consisting of multi-toned pink flowers, and butterflies. The upper part is made of red silk, trimmed with black silk, and multi-coloured silk braid. At the front, there is lattice pattern of pink silk. The body of the shoe has several layers of stiffened fabric.
Incense burner of brass, shaped like a flattened sphere and open at the top. Has three solid round legs, 0.6 cm. long, which flow smoothly into body of burner. Mouth has raised neck 0.9 cm. high with recessed ring around outer circumference. Rim is 0.6 cm. wide with upturned outer edge. Smooth, shiny surface. Under base, on square ground, there are the Chinese characters 'Gret Ming Hsuan-te'.
Grey-bodied stoneware bowl on single ring pedestal base with flat outturned foot. Body has straight sides expanding to mouth with outturned rim. Slightly crackled grey glaze enamelled overglaze in red, orange, black, green, brown, white and yellow. Design on outside includes (bottom and top) zigzag band of black lines enclosed by black bands, band of red inverted square u-forms outlined in black; band consisting of four rectangular panels containing four different plants, space between panels filled with red brocade pattern; brown band with black frets. Black and red band inside rim. Two character mark 'great mountain' in lozenge.