first half 8th century
H. 5.2 x Diam. 8.1 cm (2 1/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Red earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with pale grayish olive glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese