'Liding' Ritual Food Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor

Terracotta

Terracotta

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide

Nabeshima enamelled ware: porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels

Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 4 (si) inscribed on base before firing

Pale yellow-brown glass

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration

Terracotta; red slip with black decoration

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Terracotta

Terracotta

Pale blue-green glass