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Horn ladle with oval bowl that is deep and bent almost at a right angle at junction with handle. The handle is carved in the shape of the head and neck of a bird, with its beak at the tip.
Female bust with wavy hair and wearing a headdress. Traces of paint on face and headdress and traces of white slip overall. Fragment of a larger piece.
Drop spindle with brown stained wooden shaft which gradually thickens from each end toward a clay whorl placed 3.5 cm from lower end. Spindle holds spun natural brown, short staple cotton with raw cotton ball attached.
Male samurai figure (part a) seated on horse (part b) with one arm perpendicular to body, holding a rattan staff (part c) with his right hand. Left arm rests near long curved sword, attached to waist with silk cord. Quiver with five arrows on back. Figure made of straw, has white ceramic face and black fibre wig, dressed in gold silk brocade, with armour of gold coloured metal lamellae laced with red and pale blue silk and brown leather. Horse (part b) of paper mache(?) is covered in imitation grey fur. Brown glass eyes. Reins of purple and white diagonal striped silk, bridle and long body fringe of red silk, saddle of leather, lacquer, silk and fur.
Wooden, rectangular cabinet shrine (a); open side has inner and outer set of doors, hinged at the sides, each door also hinged in the middle. Painted and lacquered black and gold, with brass trim; outer doors have gold-painted panels; inner doors have slats covered with fine cloth net. Carved panel with phoenix painted gold over inner doors. Inside is shelf with four pillars, under which are three panels with scenes. Drawers (b-c) in lower part of shrine; b has lacquered panel with scene; c is black with brass knob. Lacquered wooden tablet (d) is resting on a carved golden lotus, on two legs with eight Chinese characters.
Ceramic pot with flared rim, rounded base and decoration from shoulder to rim of a tubular, undulating stylized serpent with dimpled skin. There are four lizards alternating with three frogs (one missing) at the shoulder on a background of diagonal lines and dimpled surface, bordered at the top by 7 linear incisions around the circumference. Faint pattern of indents in diagonal bands below the lizards to the base. Dark brown exterior, lighter within incisions, blackened interior.
Doll with a separate body (a), and a head (b) made of light red clay. Body is cone-shaped with arms against the body, slightly moulded, painted blue, orange, white, and gold. Neck is greatly extended with a groove on top on which wire inside the head rests. Head is in shape of hollow hemisphere with wire set transversely inside and with a green head cover, black hair, blue eyes, and a red mouth.
Round, lipped, hexagonal jar; each side has a stamped floral design; curvilinear design incised on shoulder; monochrome green glaze on exterior surfaces; hexagonal indented base; irregularly applied brown slip on interior surface.
One-wick oil lamp made from fairly fine-grained buff clay with a reddish-brown slip. The body is circular as viewed from above, has a rounded shoulder, and walls that taper inwards to a flat base. The top centre is concave with a filling hole set slightly off-centre. There is a vertical pierced disc handle with two shallow incised grooves, the short, rounded nozzle is set off from the body by a faint transverse line, and the flat base is delineated by a faint circle with a trace of a plant impression in the middle.
Figure's head composed of red-brown, coarse-grained clay with a light brown-green lead glaze. The figure has a broad forehead and overhanging eyebrows and wears a turban-like headcloth.