Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, orange and green, and long gold and orange earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a long panel and bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood, covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a wooden bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a wooden bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a princess character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and an elaborate belt with leaf panels at each side and a long layered panel at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with long, wide sleeves of blue polyester. Thin plastic tube emerges from the base, likely used to lift the arms at one time.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a princess character. Puppet consists of the body (part a) and separated head (part b). Carved from wood, the puppet has a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold with a green forehead ring, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and chest, tiered colourful skirts and a long layered panel and bow at front. The puppet’s arms and hands are wood, covered with long sleeves of blue polyester. Arms are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Round, square centre hole, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 4 crescents on reverse; canh thinh thong bao in Chinese characters, read top-bottom-right-left on obverse; reverse has crescents facing inwards at top, bottom, right, and left; extra metal in centre hole.

Round, square centre hole, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, dot on reverse; canh hung thuan bao in Chinese characters, read top-bottom-right-left on obverse; reverse has dot at top.

Round, square centre hole, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse; canh hung thuan bao in Chinese characters, read top-bottom-right-left on obverse.

Round, square centre hole, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse; thieu nguyen thong bao in Chinese characters, read top-bottom-right-left on obverse; reverse worn almost flat; right character is modified.

Jar with blue design on a blue-white ground. The jar has a mouth with a small lip and extends out to a curving shoulder and a slight lip at the base. The design consists of flower petals around the mouth, two bands above and below a band of flowers and leaves.