first quarter 12th century
1.6 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm (5/8 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Guan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze on the exterior and with thinly applied, crackled light grayish green glaze on the interior. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, 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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluishceladon glaze over molded (or carved?) decoration. From the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseGuan ware: molded dark gray stoneware with misfired, or degraded, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with matte-surfaced, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th 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 with light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChinesePossibly Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with bluish celadon glaze. Possibly from the Ru kilns, Henan province
11th-12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with misfired, lustrous, crackled, olive green glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChinese