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A plain, tall globular jar with a relatively narrow mouth and wide flat base. There are three (one missing) horizontal lugs around the neck. Dark dripped glaze marks on the upper part of jar. A set of inked numbers on lip.
Bulbous jar with wide mouth, relatively narrow base and six lugs on the shoulder. Just below the lugs stretch two horizontal dragons with scaly sinuous bodies amidst a background of waves. Lugs are vertical and grooved. The lower third of the jar is unglazed. A set of inked numbers on the inside neck.
A tall round jar with wide mouth and six vertical lugs on the shoulder. The body design is of two pairs of vertical s-shaped, three-toed dragons. Each pair has a flaming pearl on a cloud between them. The dragon pairs are separated by cranes and swallows. The shoulder of the jar is ringed with three bands of floral patterns two of which are variants of the ruyi motif. The jar is glazed from the interior neck, over the rim and down the body until just short of the base. The lip has a set of inked numbers.
A globular jar with a relatively wide mouth, short neck, relatively narrow flat base and four horizontal lugs on the shoulder. The body is decorated with four panels in low relief. Each panel design consists of a dragon enclosed by a border of spheres and flowers. The shoulder has a series of concentric circles in a darker underglazed brown. The lip has a set of inked numbers.
A tall bulbous jar with wide, pie-crust shaped mouth, eight grooved lugs and relatively narrow flat base. The main body design is a wide band demarcated by cord-like borders. The motif within this band consists of two birds and two butterflies amidst two large sprays of peonies. Each spray has three large peonies, a few smaller ones and leaves. Each lug has a dao die mask design. The inside neck has an unidentified stamp. The lip has a set of inked numbers.
A plain, neckless globular jar with a wide mouth and four horizontal lugs on the shoulder. Seal mark between two lugs. A set of inked numbers on lip.
Clay dish consisting of red clay with a cream slip. Coarse-grained clay with a few small white limestone particles, a very large quantity of dark grits, giving the surface a very speckled appearance, and a small amount of fine silver mica. Red-brown and grey-black thin matt paint. Very low ring foot, gently curved wall, two small horizontal handles attached to rim. Decoration on the interior consists of two bands of paint on the wall and a spiral starting from a large dot in the centre. The line gets progressively broader towards the outside. Rim and handles painted black. On exterior wall the decoration is more elaborate consisting of red and black bands of varying width and spacing. Bottom of ring foot is decorated with crosshatched lines.
Clay askos made of cream, fine-grained, hard-fired clay with very smooth surface to the touch. It contains a small quantity of white and dark grits and medium-sized flakes of silver mica. Black paint, lighter at the edges, fairly thick with a slight gloss. Low ring foot, elongated globular body, narrow neck with flaring rim at one end on top and slightly upturned spout at tail end. A strap handle joins spout to mouth. Decoration consists of three horizontal bands on lower portion of body and paint on tip of spout, mouth and top surface of handle.
Jug made of cream, fairly fine-grained clay with a cream slip. Grey-brown, thin, matt paint. Pyriform body, short neck, beaked mouth, small vertical handle from neck to shoulder. Decoration consists of three vertical bands dividing neck into two zones. Three groups of horizontal lines in each zone. Body is divided into two halves by a horizontal wavy line framed by two straight bands. In the upper half are wide, latticed vertical panels framed on each side by a plain vertical band. In the lower half of the body are four groups of four parallel vertical lines converging in the centre on the bottom.
Yellowish buff, fine-grained, hard-fired clay jug, with a white slip. Light brown, semi-lustrous paint. Pyriform body, flat base, short neck, tall-beaked mouth, handle consisting of two twisted strands, extends from neck to body. Three-pierced lugs for suspension on body, one at point where neck meets body, two at base of mouth. Decoration consists of horizontal bands on neck and handle, and two horizontal lines dividing the body into two zones. In the upper zone are vertical triangular crosshatched areas separated by a double zigzag line. In lower zone, groups of two wavy lines converge at mid-point on bottom of base. Circles with dot in centre found between the wavy lines.