BELT BUCKLE IN FIVE FRAGMENTS

Low-fired gray earthenware

Longquan celadon ware: molded, pale gray stoneware with lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province

Blackened gray earthenware

Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze. From the Ru kilns, Henan province

Low-fired gray earthenware blackened with a thin layer of black wash

Guan ware: dark gray stoneware with celadon glaze

Low-fired gray earthenware blackened with a black slip over a ground layer of whitish slip, the surface burnished before firing

Gray earthenware

Painted funerary ware: gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigments on a white gesso ground.

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration; with Chinese character "shang" incised under the glaze on the underside

Longquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province

Blackened gray earthenware