Double edged straight steel sword (a) with sharp triangular point and cast copper alloy decorations at hilt and end; handle is wood carved in straight longitudinal lines. 8 Chinese characters on one side of sword and 4 on the other. Scabbard (b) is green and black mottled lacquered wood with cast metal decorations at both ends, and 3 raised bands along body. All metal shows central symbol surrounded by floral design, rounded and/or scalloped at edges. Metal is patinated, black with green spots at hilt. Lacquer is worn, and chipped. Sword coated from both edges in dried brown liquid; rust at hilt.

Painting depicting people on horseback travelling along a stilted boardwalk road through steep mountains with trees to a village near the top of the painting. The painting is mounted on a light yellow silk background with a wooden support at the top and a wooden roller with a black laquered handle (the other handle is missing). Inscription, date and signature of the artist, Hou Mei, of the Qing Dynasty. Attached at the top is a silk tie for tying and a cord for hanging.

Painting depicting several small black and brown birds amongst bamboo, a rock outcropping, and other plants on blue-grey moss or grass, all on a beige background with brocade backing. Rolled around a cylinder with ceramic finials glazed in brown, white, green, and yellow with an incised cloud design. There is no signature, but there are many red seals at the corners of the painting and on the mounting, as well as a very large seal at the top centre of the painting.

Painting depicting a standing buck with antlers and a doe lying down beside with rock outcrops and tree limbs, all on a dark buff background. Rosewood (?) handles and cylindrical roller. Signature and two seals of the artist, dates unknown, on the left-hand side of the image. Attached at the top is a silk tie for tying and a cord for hanging.

Painting depicting abstracted rock outcrops of blue and green, a green-limbed tree with orange leaves, and a woman standing on an outcrop looking over water and the sunset. All on a buff-coloured background. Rolled on a cylinder with light blue glazed ceramic finials.

Pink peonies and limb of plum blossoms; two pheasants stand on the ground and a rock outcrop. All on a buff background. The mount is badly damaged.

Painting depicting two blue and white birds with red beaks perched on a rocky outcrop with white peonies that have thorny limbs as well as blue and white irises, all on a dark buff background. Inscription, date, and signature of the artist in top corner. Mounted on off-white damask floral print silk with paper backing.

Painting depicting orange, red, pink, and white peonies with green foliage and stems on a rock outcrop, all on a buff background. Inscription and signature of the artist in one corner.

Vertical painting on a scroll. Painted image shows a rock outcrop; white, red, violet flowers with green foliage coming out from rock base; all on a dark ochre background. Long inscription at upper right concluding with a date (equivalent to 1672) and artist's signature. The scroll mounting is damaged.

Round, low basket (part a) of finely split bamboo with traces of green dye, especially inside lid (part b) and on bottom. Lid (part b) is ornamented with light purple glass bangles secured with finely knotted yellow cotton cord. Eleven Chinese coins are sewn on lid (part b) with light purple, yellow, green, and blue glass beads.