12th century
8 x 15.9 cm (3 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze, the unglazed areas with rust-brown skin. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in light and dark brown slips on a white slip ground; with maker's mark reading 'Wang Jia Zao' (Made [by the] Wang Family) brushed in underglaze dark brown slip on the underside.
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseSimulated jiaotai ware; light gray stoneware with pale yellow glaze over appliqué thin layers of brown and white clays laminated to simulate marbling
11th-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 centuryChineseHammered silver
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration in overglaze iron oxide
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese