probably second half 11th century
H. 18.4 x Diam. 21.9 cm (7 1/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. New York [Falk Collection number 113]
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with an all-over coating of white slip under a clear glaze
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 centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
11th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the floral decoration incised and the patterned background stamped into the white slip ground, all under a clear glaze
10th-11th 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 centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
10th-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 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 centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese