probably 12th century
H. 4.6 x Diam. 20.2 cm (1 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: porcelain or porcellaneous white stoneware with sky-blue glaze over carved and combed decoration. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion dressed with dark purplish brown slip. Probably from the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over a full coating of white slip, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
12th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese