A densely embroidered, multi-coloured cuff, consisting of a wide band (13.4 cm) joined to form a cylindrical shape. Embroidered designs in the form of large X’s and asterisk-shapes, worked in red floss outlined in light gray-white on brown cotton textile, alternate in the central design field, and there are bands of red, orange and light gray-white embroidered geometric designs at the edges. There are two large pompoms, one orange and one red, sewn to the seam where the two ends of the band are joined.

The folded opera hat or lotus seed servant's hat is blue and narrow with a red fabric ball on top. The base is rectangular and edged in black. The sides slope inwards to a point with the red ball on top. The sides of the hat each fold inward twice. The inside of the hat is white and stiffened with cardboard. Two wide, white ties are attached.

Thirteen-sided polyhedron, planes terminating at shoulder and near base in smooth steeply curving surfaces. Grey-white dense porcelain body exposed at rim of wide mouth; low foot ring and base glazed, both thickly encrusted with fine gravel and dirt. Vessel entirely covered in dark brown glossy glaze with some iridescence, pulling away at shoulders and plane intersections to a light yellow-brown; displaying pooling and dripping, very dark brown, elsewhere.

Round shallow dish broken, reassembled, and repaired. There are several visible cracks and one large missing piece at rim. The rim consists of eight foliated bracket-shaped lobes. This foliated effect echoes in the cavetto design of eight moulded double panels. Each panel contains emblems which are faintly discernible. The exterior surface is plain. Glaze is thickest around the rim. Centre has grit and sand integrated into the glaze. The foot ring is unglazed and shallow and there is a set of inked letter and numbers on the underside.

A small ceramic jar with a flattened sphere and a flat base. There are vertical striations from base to flat shoulder which is marked by slight ridge. The unglazed small mouth is set directly into the shoulder. The light yellow-white fine grained body is covered with grey-white translucent crackled glaze, pooling to an opaque white in the striations and to a light grey-green white near the base.

White brimless hat, lined, with a circular crown and straight vertical rim. Elaborately embroidered with silver filaments, pearls(?) and silver sequins. Crown is patterned with four teardrop shapes made of looping metallic filaments and pearls(?). Crown bordered by a row of sequins. Rim is embroidered with a row of upright teardrop shapes, pearls and looped filler pattern and is bordered with a band of sequins.

Blue-green brimless cap with a circular crown and straight vertical rim, lined and elaborately embroidered with silver filament, pearls(?) and silver sequins. Crown is patterned with four teardrop shapes made of looping metallic filament and pearls (?), four circular patterns of scrolls and pearls (?), and is bordered by a row of sequins. The rim is embroidered with a row of upright cones, pearls (?), and looped filler pattern and is bordered with a row of sequins.

Embroidered green silk square. Circular embroidered pink and purple centre pattern resembling a fanning peacock tail with mirrors framed by multi-coloured embroidered borders. Center is framed by several embroidered square borders, mostly in yellow, white, black and dark red, with circles and mirrors. Outer borders on orange silk ground. Embroidered with untwisted silk(?). Multi-coloured tassels hang off edges, each with two cowrie shells and two red beads. Two yellow chain stitch borders and square border between are incomplete. White-yellow cotton back.

Yellow square with embroidered patterns. Centre has eight green, red and brown mirrored and dyed parrots which face each other in pairs. Nine large, stylized, brown flowers with many petals and mirror centres and multi-coloured sprays and cones. Cones are arranged singly or in fan shaped patterns. Brown floral pattern and sprays are repeated in a wide border, defined by an inner and outer narrow border and are banded with red, green and blue. Outer edge is bordered with multi-coloured triangles topped by tridents and there are mirrors between each triangle. White-yellow backing consists of two triangles stitched together; one rectangle has a narrow woven red edge the other in blue. Hanging loops are on each corner. Some embroidery stitches pass through the backing.

Silk square, with a yellow centre and purple border. Centre embroidered with sixteen red, green and white peacocks and mirror-centred flowers it is bordered by mirror-centred flowers and leaves. The pattern is edged with a row of multi-coloured undulating ovoids and chevrons, embroidered with untwisted silk(?); backed with white-yellow cotton and bound with red cotton. Hanging loops present on the two lower corners.