12th century
19.3 x 21.2 cm (7 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's, New York
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze 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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
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12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware glazed in hues of greenish tea-dust with blue undertones, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th 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 centuryChinese