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Jar

One porcelain cricket container with detachable lid decorated with floral motifs. The bowl curves outward toward the top and is topped by a saucer-shaped lid with openwork decoration. The container is decorated with butterflies and flower motifs on a…

Teacup

(a) Small porcelain saucer with glazed decoration. The exterior of the saucer has a tan glaze and signature of artist on bottom. The body is white clay with berries and leaf decoration in red and green. Fish motif in center. Hand-made. Probably for…

Cup

Chinese procelain wine cup. Greenish white in color with pink and green floral design on outside. Match to 1987.038.002. The cup is bowl-shaped handleless and of shallow depth.

Cup

Chinese porcelain wine cup. Greenish white in color with pink and green floral design on outside. Match to 1987.038.001. The cup is bowl-shaped handleless and of shallow depth.

Lamp, oil

One brass oil lamp in four parts. The lowermost section of the lamp is base on four right-angled legs. On this sits the body shaped like a truncated pyramid and forming a cistern into which the wick is inserted. Holding the wick is a brass tube…

Bookend

One carving of an elephant in soap-stone grey with brown patches. The elephant stands on a rectangular mount. It has no tusks and twin snouts. The mounts are incised with a floral pattern. Hand-made.

Bookend

A soap-stone elephant on rectangular mount. The elephant has no tusks and has twin snouts. The soap-stone is grey with brown patches. The mount is incised with a floral pattern. Hand-carved.

Vase

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Green glass container. Globular in shape with a slender neck curving out to a collar-type mouth. Made in a mold. Was probably used to hold water or wine. Has a diagonal crack about 2" below neck.

Vase

A green glass container. Globular in shape with a slender neck curving out to a collar-type mouth. Made in a mold. Probably for table use to hold wine or water. One hole in lower body.

Bowl

A-C) Orange glazed porcelain bowls perhaps used for soup. The side of each bowl is decorated with the eight Buddhist symbols in green gree-yellow and lavender. The bottom of each bowl is decorated with a red chop mark. Height: 2.5" Width: 4" D-I)…