Small Bowl with Segmented Lip and Abstract Decor

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration, the interior with vertical ribs trailed in white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: gray (or possibly brick-red) earthenware with lead-fluxed, dark brown glaze over incised decoration

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

Mottled grayish white nephrite

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with applique molded decorative elements and lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over a white-slip ground

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior

Ding 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.