probably 12th century
10 x 12.5 cm (3 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's or Christie's, London Formerly in Lord Cunliffe Collection
Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
10th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with off-white glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th-13th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired dark brown glaze and bluish white markings, the markings probably from an application of ash
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with bluish-black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChinese