Cream clay bowl with black glaze. The bowl is shallow with a wide mouth and a rounded rim. The base is thin and disc shaped.

Black glazed, clay bowl with a shallow bowl, a single handle, bottom reserved. Handle is oval shaped and is mounted at level to the rim, extending horizontally. Base small and flared to edge.

Roughly rectangular: bottom has unglazed shallow circular foot 7.3 cm. in diameter, showing light red-brown body; some splashes of light grey-green glaze in thick glassy drops. Broken edges of sherd vary from 1 to 1.5 cm. in thickness. Sherd curves shallowly upward in all directions from foot; finished piece possibly large plate. Upper surface painted in iron underglaze with a shrimp, incomplete. Grey-green glaze pitted and flawed, pools to white around slightly convex centre area.

Rectangular form of fine white porcelain: vertical sides first swell from low unglazed foot, then curve in slightly at rim; indented corners. Pattern: divided diagonally from point near upper-right corner to point near lower-left corner; area to left glazed in glossy red-brown, which wraps from the inside over the outside surface to top of foot; area to right painted in underglaze blue with a landform supporting a composition of bamboo, pine, and prunus, with a cloud form above; on each of the two adjacent outside surfaces a motif of two cash with ribbons in underglaze blue; all shapes rendered with dark blue outlines filled with light blue washes; all covered in a minutely pitted white glaze. On glazed base, well rendered underglaze blue characters read 'Dai men nen sai' meaning 'Made in the Ming Dynasty' (Chinese dynasty, 1368-1644). Junction between brown and white glazes marred on outside by a grey-brown splotch extending over foot to base; repaired crack running through sidewall in area of landform painting.

Rectangular form of fine white porcelain: vertical sides first swell from low unglazed foot, then incurve slightly at rim; indented corners. Pattern: divided diagonally from point near upper right corner to point near lower left corner; area to left glazed in glossy red-brown, which wraps from the inside over the outside surface to top of foot; area to right painted in underglazed blue with a landform supporting a composition of bamboo, pine, and prunus, with a cloud form above; on each of the two adjacent outside surfaces a motif of two cash with ribbons in underglaze blue; all shapes rendered with dark blue outlines filled with light blue washes; all covered in a minutely pitted white glaze. On glazed base, well rendered underglaze blue characters read "Dai men nen sai" meaning "Made in the Ming Dynasty" (Chinese dynasty, 1368-1644). Junction between brown and white glazes marred in one place by narrow grey-brown band; in cloud area at upper right corner, extensive repair.

Eight-lobed Kakiemon style dish, everted lip, fine white porcelain body: low foot rim unglazed; base glazed, only two spur marks apparent, underglaze blue line at junction with foot. Interior: blossom spray on bottom asymmetrically placed, outlined and painted in underglaze blue, separated from walls by double underglaze blue lines; walls have scattered landform shapes in overglaze enamels, blue, green, and yellow as well as red prunus blossoms; double underglaze blue lines at lip. Exterior walls: double underglaze blue lines at junction with foot, and one above; scattered overglaze blue blossoms, outlined in black.

Richly gilded jar with image of funeral procession on side. Lid is mostly gold with abstract floral pattern and knob. Four characters marked in gold on underside of base.

Ceramic dish with a foliated edge on a flat rim and a shallow cavetto. Glazed foot ring. Splashes of glaze on slightly convex base. White, heavy porcelaneous body, burnt reddish in firing. Overall thick, unctuous, crackled light blue-white glaze, pulling away slightly over barbs.

Seto ware ceramic tea caddy (without its lid). Globular form on flat base, displaying dark brown body. Thick, glossy red-brown glaze, flecked with yellow-brown, is dark at the lip and pools to dark brown on the minimal neck, thins over the shoulder to broad streaks speckled with yellow-green which end in deep brown pooling well above the base. Four matte brown repairs on lip.

Seto ware ceramic tea caddy (without its lid). Flat base showing rough, dark grey-brown body. Squat cylindrical form curving sharply inward at shoulder to short neck, rounded lip. Thick iridescent coffee-coloured glaze thins over lip, pools darkly beneath it, thinning again at the shoulder. From there dark brown streaks, sometimes exhibiting, crackling fall over the glossy surface to the base, where glaze chipped in one place. Two matte brown repairs, and two gold lacquer ones, located on lip.