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Rice Bowl Porcelain blue and white hand painting. Plain interior exterior covered with design of two dragons twining through flowers. Four character calligraphic inscription on exterior bottom. Chip in upper lip and crack visible in interior.

I-Hsing brown stoneware slip casted. Maker's mark on bottle. Lid missing.

Wood shield with carving and woven ornament. Shield is carved from one piece of wood and stained with black although the lighter wood shows through in several spots. Shield is in form of long rectangle with cut-out sections at both top and bottom.…

The box has a tray for betel nuts three broken pieces and a key.

Carabao leather "billy club" enclosing dagger disguised as a riding crop. Dagger has four sides with a sharp point.

Ironwork all one piece. The blade has no hilt but has narrow shaft at top which may have fitted into a wooden hilt. Blade is tapered double-edged beveled all around. Ornamented by two sharp curved points flanking shaft for handle.

Hand sewn cotton socks with padded cotton batting inside.

Red silk uppers embroidered with a floral motif. The sole is woven straw with white cotton covering it. Worn originally by Mrs. Dan Goon. Lotus foot.

Sole is constructed with a woven straw base covered with white cotton. The uppers are black cotton with multi-colored embroidery on toe. Chinese lily style.