| It comprises more than seventy objects, including porcelains, paintings, watercolors, furniture, bronzes, screens, and jewelry. |
| These may have been ornamental porcelains intended to be used as table decorations. |
| Chinese porcelains produced for export are among the most revered of all ceramics. |
| Alcoves at either end of the front hall, for example, contained Sevres soft-paste porcelains at one end. |
| The founding fathers and mothers had deep fascination with the stylish Chinese porcelains, tea gear, silk, and books on China and Chinese political economy. |
| Among the porcelains the most famous are those of Kutania, Hizen, and Kyoto. |
