A small ceramic vase (part a) with a bulging rounded body and a large open mouth. Light brown glaze except on the lower portion. With circular wood stand (part b).

Vase (part a) with wooden stand (part b). A four-sided beaker-shaped red lacquered vase on metal and trimmed with brass at rim and foot. Side panels decorated with figures in landscapes. Each side panel has three parts: an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. Turning the vase counter-clock-wise the description is as follows. One side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one holding a flute-like instrument with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background's rocky mountainous terrain, and a lower section depicting two people talking to each other surrounded by a terrace. The next side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting two people facing each other with one dancing and a building to the right, and a lower section depicting two small people looking at their superior with one small person farther to the right under a tree. Another side panel has an upper section depicting two people looking at another separated from them by a cross-sectioned terrace with a large building on the left and a smaller building in the above background, a middle section depicting two people with one looking at the other while raising his left arm and the other person holding a long object in his right arm with a building at each of the top corners, and a lower section depicting a kneeling person being approached by someone on the right with a building on the left. The last side panel has an upper section depicting two people at either sides of the person in between them with another person in the lower right corner looking across at them and a building at each of the top corners, a middle section depicting three people in triangular formation with a building on the right, and a lower section depicting one person sitting under a tree on the left and another person sitting on a rock on the right.

White glass vase covered in raised blue floral patterning; a paper label on the base reads "Made in China."

White glass bowl with a folded rim and raised, red, prunus-like decorations on the outside. Part b is a circular wooden stand with four legs.

A tall barrel-shaped vase with sang de boeuf glaze. (Part b is a wooden stand, in storage.)

Tall, rounded vase (part a) that flares from the centre towards the top; covered with a blue on white design of two phoenixes in flight surrounded with flowers, leaves, and clouds. Wooden lid (part b) is dome-shaped with a finial. Part c is a circular wooden stand with four legs.

Vase has cylindrical neck and square body. Two handles are attached to neck. These have ta'o-t'ieh motifs. Rest of vase is decorated with floral design in blue on white. (Mark on bottom reads 'Made in Wan Li 1573-1619 of Ming Dynasty). Part b is a circular wooden stand with three feet.

Pair of red cloisonné vases with a flared foot, rounded body and shoulders, and a curved neck with brass lip. Both vases are decorated with flowers in green, pink, yellow and white, with a pattern of cloud-shaped brass wire in the background; borders are decorated with a scroll pattern.

Woodblock musical instrument. Dark brown rectangular block of wood with two circular holes bored through one end along the edge, a long slit-like hole cut along the length of both sides, and five red characters painted on one end.

Small wooden drum covered on both ends with skin; skin is held in place by large metal rivets ringing the outer edges. A single black character is written on both skins; one skin has an additional oval-shaped stamp. Small metal handles on either side of the drum (one handle is missing).