Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold. There is fibre wrapped around one of the ends.

Cylindrical-shaped tube with a cut-out design of a dragon down the side. Inside of tube is red. Outside of tube is gold.

Round dish with undecorated interior (missing a large chip out of side). Exterior has incised petal design radiating from foot.

Slightly warped orange-brown glazed plate with wide rim and fairly deep walls. Raised central design of two raised fish. Exterior is decorated with vertical scalloping.

Cross-legged human figure wearing long robes and a large crown--figure holds a curved stick-like object with both hands. Figure is dark brown-black with cracking, flaked gold in spots.

Tall, thin figure (royal attendant) wearing a robe. Hands are together at waist; feet are not visible; hair is done up.

Daoist album leaf. Gold painted Chinese calligraphy in three columns on a piece of brown silk that has been mounted on off-white damask-patterned silk on paper.

Two hangings (part a-b) with multiple panels. There are three solid panels interspaced with openwork panels. The solid panels are green with butterfly, floral motif; cream with a fruit motif; and blue with dragon, phoenix, sun motifs. The openwork panels are shaped as bat and coin; fruit; and cloud with an endless knot motif. There are beads between the solid and openwork panels. Hanging from the bottom is a green tassel. The back is lined with purple silk damask with a floral and scroll motif.

Light brown coloured coiled rope. Rope is made of two pieces of twisted fibre. One end has unraveled and there are small pin-sized holes overall.

Twelve-sided geometric lantern with hanging string at top and a multicoloured fringe and red sting tassel at bottom. Constructed from white gauze stretched on a wire frame with coloured paper pasted to it. Paper is cut into intricate, arabesque-like patterns that fill their respective planes--four sides have paper characters in their centres.