Stoneware bowl (chām; ชามl) with slip and painted decoration under the glaze. The sides curve up from the foot, flaring sharply to an everted lip; foot and base unglazed; body, coarse medium grey stoneware. Exterior: broad band of painted white slip, stamped with two rows of small sunburst motifs in blue, enclosed top and bottom with two broad bands of plain white slip. Interior: one broad band of plain white slip, surrounded by a band stamped with one row of stylized sunburst motifs, encloses plain centre at bottom; walls are the same as the exterior, except for triple bands of plain slip below the lip. The bottom surface of the interior exposes grey body between slipped bands.

Form swells gradually with corrugations indicating inadequately smoothed coils, from a flat round unglazed base without foot ring, to rounded shoulder; short neck with flaring rounded lip, wide mouth; red-brown ware. Thick green ash glaze covers jar evenly nearly to base; areas of darker splotches; spots of red-brown matte paint which may be remnants of characters; glossy crackled glaze, pitted and gritty, seriously degraded at junctions of underlying coils in shoulder area as well as in main body area; large patches of light ochre yellow dripping from shoulder area to just short of base.

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.

Ceramic teapot (part a) with lid (part b). Teapot has square base and grooved foot. On each of the four surfaces at bottom, there is a row of three rising blade cicada motifs. The teapot form curves outward into baluster shape. Just below the shoulder, a moulded band of k'uei dragons is interrupted by squared spout springing from a monster mouth. Opposite, there is a handle with a zoomorphic design. Rounded shoulder flattens to square collar. Fitting within is the flange of a slightly domed square lid, surmounted by a hare. On base is white paper label printed in blue with intricately entwined initials in European style: possibly "W.W.W."

Hexagonal-shaped teapot (part a) with lid (part b). Teapot tapering slightly outwards from flat base supported at intersections of adjoining planes by low feet. Unglazed body is a lustrous dark red-brown. Hexagonal spout, yoke handle rising from flat shoulders ornamented by moulded scrolling band. Sides consist of two alternating designs on moulded panels with both being variations of fish-dragons on waves. Flat lid with design of three dragons has flange fitting snugly within short hexagonal collar.

Lotus pod shape, light yellow-brown with movable seeds, supported on its side by an extremely dark caltrop nut. Other nuts in varying shades of brown are scattered on the surface in high relief. Four characters impressed beside a small hole in the side.

Brown teapot (part a) and lid (part b). In a compressed globular form in the shape of two lotus pads with incised veining, joined at the edges in a waving line. Short spout in form of stem, opposite handle also shaped as stem. Lid flush with surface of pot has a handle formed with adjoining decoration of lotus pads in high relief, flower in low relief. The is a circular impression on the base with seven small holes. There is an impressed mark in seal characters on inner surface.

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.