probably 12th century
H. 4.1 × Diam. 10.9 cm (1 5/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseNanfeng ware: light gray stoneware with decoration reserved against the medium brown glaze, the rim and reserved designs with clear glaze over white slip. From the Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChinesePerhaps Jizhou-type ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and decoration created through the application of ash onto the surface of the glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and roulette-wheel impressed decoration
12th centuryChineseHammered silver
12th-13th centuryChinese