Cantonese opera prop. Painted wooden dagger. Black cylindrical handle with two red geometric knobs on either end. Protruding from one red knob- located at the centre of the object- is a grey length of wood that tapers to a dull point. A piece of twine is looped through a hole in the other red knob.

Cantonese opera prop of a double-reed horn. Part a: Brass horn with a tapering ribbed wooden body--wooden body has seven segments, each with a finger hole. End of wooden body is attached to a tapering brass fitting with two spherical knobs centred on it. Part b: Small mouthpiece wound in copper wire--slides onto tapered brass fitting.

Cantonese opera prop. Long, hollow brown length of bamboo with eight finger holes bored into one side and a red string looped through two separate holes at one end.

Cantonese Opera prop. Stem switch is two pieces of stem bent in half and bound with a strip of stem material. A small piece of string also binds two of the stems at the bound handle. There is a loop of cotton fibre that has been knotted. The loose ends are split and frayed. One of the frayed ends has been completely severed from the bottom of the bound handle. Another has been partially severed from the bottom of the bound handle.

Round coin with a four-sided hole at the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. One face has four Chinese characters, and the other has two. Jiading yuanbao (top-right-bottom-left) in Chinese characters on face. Reverse has zhe top (mintmark), shi b (value 10).

Rounded jar with a flat cap-like lid, a blue background and a white cherry blossom pattern. Chinese characters on bottom.

Greyish-white glazed bowl with three bands of blue design around outside: two smaller bands of linear and curvilinear patterning around the top and bottom edges with a larger band of stylized floral patterning in the centre. Chinese characters on bottom.

Large vase (part a) with carved wooden stand (part b). Design is of light pink blossom branches with a bird sitting on one, background is blue, brown and green. There are white Chinese characters written on one side. The inside is glazed at the top.

Black coloured round pot with protruding geometric-shaped handle. Raised lip around opening. Lid rests on lip and is slightly domed. Has small round protruding handle in centre of the lid.

Round, square hole in centre, inner and outer rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse. Huangsong tongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in seal script Chinese characters on obverse