first half 8th century
H. 18.42 x Diam. 13.34 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze on the lip and exterior, the glazes slightly degraded
8th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseBurnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChinese