Plain shallow dish with a tab at one side.

Iris decoration with two human figures wearing kimonos in foreground in relief. Decoration is in silver, copper, and gold on dark bronze ground.

Priests in sitting position decorate the front panel of the vase; the other panel is decorated with standing priest making offerings and reading a scroll; geometric paterns around rim and base; the remainder of the vase is decorated in floral patterns. All in polychrome. Pair.

Oval-shaped ink pot with a curved hollow handle. Ink pot has a hinged cover which gives access to the ink-pot and the penholder. A brown string is looped around in between the ink pot and the handle.

Raised overall boss design on pot; wooden lid in red lacquer, with copper knob; open spout; handle splits in two at spout end; three short feet on the bottom.

Large, red, baluster-shaped vase with three panels of figures (a). One scene is of a battle between horsemen. Another is of an emperor resting in his palace balcony flanked by servants. Last scene is of emperor and courtiers in a landscape setting. The whole vase is decorated with designs of cicadae key designs, scrolls and arabesques. All in relief on red lacquer. Vase rests on circular wooden stand with five feet (b).

Pair of red, gourd-shaped vases (a-b) with lids (c-d) in the form of a stem with large, golden leaves. Each vase has two sets of curvilinear handles protruding from opposite sides. White jade gourds, crests and arabesque designs in relief decorate the entire surface. Predominant colours are red, gold and white.

Wooden vase with rounded shoulder and base and eight lobed segments. Decorated with gold lacquered birds and chrysanthemums with glass ? inset at the centres of each flower. Motifs of lotus, cranes, and fish are engraved on the top of the brass cover. Two pink and off-white blossoms, one green seed pod, four green lotus leaves, and one green arrow-shaped leaf, each with a long and bumbpy stem, are inserted into holes in the covering, and fit into holes on the inside bottom of the base.

Ink holder (a) carved from ivory with an elongated, slightly curved handle, a bowl with a metal dish insert (b), and a lid that covers the bowl. A dragon and cloud pattern motif is incised into the handle on both sides, and four Chinese characters are incised into the top of the lid with a leaf border around the bowl. the designs are emphasized with black pigment (?).

Metal piece with an open bracelet shape that is oval. Design consists of three sets of narrow horizontal bands crossing the vertical bands that run curvi-linear along the oval shape. Cire-perdue method of casting.