Foreword Editorial Notes IntroduCtion to Ceramics Painted Pottery Bowl with Human Figure Painted Pottery in Human Head Shape Double—Handle Painted Pottery Jar with Gourd Lattice Patterr Double—-Spout Double·-Handle Painted Pottery Jar with Triangle Pattern Painted Pottery，Qijia Cultu re Jar Bag Legged Li(2 pieces) Brown Glazed Pottery Pot With Animal Handles Painted Pottery Granary'Building Court Lady Figurine Figurines of Musicians and Dancers(5 pieces) Caparisoned Horse(2 pieces) Female Figu rines in Cage Hat and Small Hat(4 pieces) Figu rine of a Mounted Warrior Figurine of a Mounted Warrior Carrying a Horn Mortuary Figures of the Zodiac Signs(2 pieces) G lazed Pottery Ox Cart Honor Guard Figu rines(8 pieces) Camel with Musical lnstruments Green Glazed Pot with Applique Floral Design Figu rines Of Hunters on Horseback Musician Figu rines(9 pieces) Ewer with I ron—Shaped Hand le Figurine of a Foreigner with a Bulge Horn Covered Jar with Blue Pattern Yellow Glazed Rhyton Jar with Floral Medallions Tripod Dish with Flying Goose，Stylized Flowers and Vines Phoenix—Headed Ewer Tricolor Jar Painted Potte ry Horse Tang Tricolor Warrior Figu rines(2 pieces) Tang Tricolor Camel Figu rines(3 pieces) Painted Pottery Figu rines of Polo Players(4 pieces) Curly—Haired Youth Figurines of Goat and Human—Headed Bi rds Tricolor Figu rine of Musical Performer Tricolor Figu rine of Musical Performer White Porcelain Pot with a Dish—Shaped Mouth and Threading Devices Plate and Vase with Twisted Patterns Chinese Dish Bowl with Mandarin Ducks among Leaves and Cattails Conical Bowl with Peony Scroll Plate Flower Vase with Dragon Motif Blue Glaze Vases with Purple Patches Vase with Carved Peony Design Vase with Incised Human Figu re Design on a Pearl—Pattern G round Covered Bottle·Vase(Meiping)with Children among Blossoming Vine Tricolor G lazed Arhat Figure of a Luohan Shallow Bowl with Lotus Flower and Leaves Elongated Bottle Vase(Meiping)with Peony Sp rays Tripod Incense Bu rne r Tea Cup with Phoenix，Plum Tree and Paper—Cut Design Vase with Two Dragon Handles，Longquan ware Black Glazed Vase with I ron Rust Design Large Baluster—Shaped Vase Blue—and—White Pear—Shaped Vase with Cloud Shoulder Design Bl ue and Wh ite Jar with Story of Characters Design Blue and White Covered Plum Vase with Story of Characters Design Cinder Box—Shaped FIowerpot，Jun ware Painted Jar with Story of Characters Design Prunus Vase(Meiping)with Blossoming Lotus PIum Vase with Convex Twisted Branch and Morning Glory Design，Yixing ware Vase Blue and White Jar with Dragon Ci rcular Dish with Lightly Everted Lip and Decoration Of Deer in a Landscape Five—Color Jar with Fish and Algae Design Overglaze Painted Porcelain Figu re Overglaze Painted Porcelain Figu res(3 pieces) Pale Celadon W…OW Leaf Vase Lang—Kiln Red Vase Phoenix Tail—Shaped Zun with Flower and Bird Design Cowpea Red Willow Leaf Vases(a pair)，Pale Celadon Vase with Orange Slice Design Famille Rose Vase with Landscape and Figu re Design Painted EnameI Ochre lnk Bowl Postscript Appendix: A Rrief Chrnnoloav of Chinese History