first quarter 12th century
5.1 x 7.6 cm (2 x 3 in.)
Guan ware: dark gray stoneware with light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze on the exterior and with thinly applied, crackled, pale blusih gray glaze on the interior. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with lustrous, lightly crackled, transparent, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: molded dark gray stoneware with misfired, or degraded, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseProbably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish green celadon glaze over carved vertical rib. Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseProbably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze over carved decoration. Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province
11th-12th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLonquan celedaon ware: pale gray stoneware body with an extensively crackled, grayish green celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze, the glaze with white to buff cloudiness due either to under firing or to burial (in the waste heap at the kiln site). From the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze. From the Ru kilns, Henan province
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