Conical Bowl with Scrolling Peony Decor

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with appliqué handles and with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion and the interior dressed with medium brown glaze

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip

Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration, the exterior with carved vertical lines suggesting petals. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

Ding-type ware: translucent, off-white porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze