A small snuff bottle (part a) that has a high relief design in red, consisting of a dragon in flight amongst clouds on one side, and a phoenix amongst clouds on the other side. There is an orange stopper (part b).

Seal carved into a rectangular box shape from one piece of black stone with a seal surface on both square ends, one in relief and one in intaglio.

Seal made from one piece of bronze metal with an arched top through which is threaded a length of green cord that is knotted at the end. Chinese characters are incised in intaglio on the bottom face.

Seal carved from one piece of bamboo with a dark brown handle carved in the form of lichen and Chinese characters carved into the seal surface.

Short, flaring, square-sided vase with a round neck. The four sides alternate between two brightly coloured patterns on a yellow background: a floral scene and a cherry blossom branch, each with single bird. Black pin borders mark the sides and divide them from the shoulder. The neck and shoulder are blue with a pink, green and yellow floral pattern. The lip is white with a red ring, with four small floral designs on the inside.

Two groups of paper, each folded into three parts. The first (part a) is plain. The second (part b) has squares bordered in red, used for printing characters.

Reproduction of a calligraphy rubbing (part a) from a Japanese tombstone that describes the life of a famous person buried there. The text is writen in Chinese. There are six large characters in a horizontal rectangle at the top with many smaller ones below. Part b is the printed version with Japanese annotation.

A booklet with different styles of calligraphy. One cover has a vertical rectangular block of five large characters with sixteen smaller ones in two rows below.

A booklet with short compositions by various people. The cover has a black and natural brown plaid pattern. Unfolds accordian-style.

A book that has a pink cover with a design in red consisting of children behind a gate next to a building. There are red characters inside. Title is "red character booklet".