diff --git a/quasardb/convert/array.hpp b/quasardb/convert/array.hpp
index 3eff9515..bc365b6b 100644
--- a/quasardb/convert/array.hpp
+++ b/quasardb/convert/array.hpp
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct convert_array<From, To>
 
     static constexpr convert_array<From, Delegate> const delegate{};
 
+#if 1
     [[nodiscard]] constexpr inline auto operator()() const noexcept
     {
         auto xform = [](value_type const & x) -> delegate_value_type {
@@ -198,6 +199,22 @@ struct convert_array<From, To>
         };
         return ranges::views::transform(xform) | delegate();
     };
+#else
+    [[nodiscard]] constexpr inline auto operator()() const noexcept
+    {
+        auto xform = [](delegate_value_type const & x) -> value_type {
+            if (Delegate::is_null(x))
+            {
+                return To::null_value();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return static_cast<value_type>(x);
+            }
+        };
+        return delegate() | ranges::views::transform(xform);
+    };
+#endif
 };
 
 }; // namespace qdb::convert::detail
diff --git a/quasardb/convert/value.hpp b/quasardb/convert/value.hpp
index fb39e3ae..1722bccb 100644
--- a/quasardb/convert/value.hpp
+++ b/quasardb/convert/value.hpp
@@ -571,10 +571,29 @@ struct value_converter<py::bytes, qdb_blob_t>
     }
 };
 
+#if 1
 template <>
 struct value_converter<traits::pyobject_dtype, qdb_blob_t>
     : public value_converter<py::bytes, qdb_blob_t>
 {};
+#else template <>
+struct value_converter<traits::pyobject_dtype, qdb_blob_t>
+{
+    using dtype = traits::pyobject_dtype;
+
+    value_converter<py::bytes, qdb_blob_t> delegate_{};
+
+    inline qdb_blob_t operator()(py::object const & x) const
+    {
+        if (dtype::is_null(x))
+        {
+            return traits::null_value<qdb_blob_t>();
+        }
+
+        return delegate_(py::cast<py::bytes>(x));
+    }
+};
+#endif
 
 template <>
 struct value_converter<qdb_blob_t, py::bytes>
diff --git a/quasardb/masked_array.hpp b/quasardb/masked_array.hpp
index 0de1479a..71623d3b 100644
--- a/quasardb/masked_array.hpp
+++ b/quasardb/masked_array.hpp
@@ -505,6 +505,22 @@ class masked_array
         py::array_t<bool> ret{ShapeContainer{xs.size()}};
         bool * p_ret = static_cast<bool *>(ret.mutable_data());
 
+#if 0
+        if constexpr (std::is_same_v<Dtype, traits::pyobject_dtype>)
+        {
+            auto begin = static_cast<PyObject * const *>(xs.data());
+            auto end   = begin + xs.size();
+
+            // NumPy object arrays store raw PyObject * values, not py::object wrappers.
+            for (auto cur = begin; cur != end; ++cur, ++p_ret)
+            {
+                *p_ret = (*cur == nullptr) || (*cur == Py_None);
+            }
+
+            return mask::of_array(py::cast<py::array>(ret));
+        }
+#endif
+
         // The step_size is `1` for all fixed-width dtypes, but in case
         // of variable width dtypes, is, well, variable.
         py::ssize_t step_size = Dtype::stride_size(xs.itemsize());
diff --git a/quasardb/numpy/__init__.py b/quasardb/numpy/__init__.py
index f712db63..d0b9c8cb 100644
--- a/quasardb/numpy/__init__.py
+++ b/quasardb/numpy/__init__.py
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ def _coerce_dtype(
                     "Forced dtype provided for column '%s' = %s, but that column is not found in the table. Skipping...",
                     k,
                 )
+                continue
 
             i = offsets[k]
             dtype_[i] = dt
diff --git a/tests/test_convert.cpp b/tests/test_convert.cpp
index 6f920e4c..0f9d4ffe 100644
--- a/tests/test_convert.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_convert.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct array_recode_cdtype_dispatch;
         {                                                                        \
             auto tmp  = convert::point_array<DTYPE, VALUE_TYPE>(input);          \
             auto tmp2 = convert::point_array<VALUE_TYPE, DTYPE>(tmp);            \
-            output    = input;                                                   \
+            output    = std::move(tmp2);                                         \
         }                                                                        \
     };
 
diff --git a/tests/test_convert_blob.py b/tests/test_convert_blob.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78cb9941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_convert_blob.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from quasardb import test_convert as m
+
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.ma as ma
+import quasardb
+
+from utils import assert_indexed_arrays_equal
+
+
+def _blob_recode(values):
+    idx = np.array(
+        [
+            np.datetime64("2017-01-01T00:00:00", "ns"),
+            np.datetime64("2017-01-01T00:00:01", "ns"),
+            np.datetime64("2017-01-01T00:00:02", "ns"),
+            np.datetime64("2017-01-01T00:00:03", "ns"),
+        ]
+    )
+    return m.test_array_recode(quasardb.ColumnType.Blob, np.dtype("O"), (idx, values))
+
+
+def test_blob_object_array_recode_roundtrip_bytes():
+    values = np.array([b"alpha", b"beta", b"\x00gamma", b"delta"], dtype=np.object_)
+    result = _blob_recode(values)
+    assert_indexed_arrays_equal((result[0], values), result)
+
+
+def test_blob_object_array_recode_roundtrip_none_values():
+    values = np.array([b"alpha", None, b"gamma", None], dtype=np.object_)
+    result = _blob_recode(values)
+    assert_indexed_arrays_equal((result[0], values), result)
+
+
+def test_blob_object_array_recode_roundtrip_masked_values():
+    values = ma.masked_array(
+        data=np.array([b"alpha", b"beta", b"gamma", b"delta"], dtype=np.object_),
+        mask=[False, True, False, True],
+    )
+    result = _blob_recode(values)
+    assert_indexed_arrays_equal((result[0], values), result)
+
+
+def test_blob_object_array_recode_roundtrip_empty_bytes():
+    values = np.array([b"", b"beta", b"", b"delta"], dtype=np.object_)
+    result = _blob_recode(values)
+    expected = ma.masked_array(
+        data=np.array([None, b"beta", None, b"delta"], dtype=np.object_),
+        mask=[True, False, True, False],
+    )
+    assert_indexed_arrays_equal((result[0], expected), result)