probably 11th century
5.9 x 12 cm (2 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
C.T. Loo, New York Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. Collection, New York (Collection number 117); purchased from C.T. Loo, New York, in June 1950 HUAM purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York Christie’s, New York, Sale 9822, Lot 75
Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and applique decoration. Probably from the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejian province.
10th-11th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th 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 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 centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white-slip-coated applique decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th centuryChineseMottled grayish white nephrite
11th-13th centuryChinese