first half 8th century
H. 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
White stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseSancai ("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 centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province
9th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th 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 centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChinese