9th century
H. 4.9 x Diam. 15.1 cm (1 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Recovered from the remains of a ship that sank off Tanjung Batu Hitam, Belitung Island, Sumatra, Indonesia, in the ninth century Sold to Widodo Latip, Jakarta, Indonesia Sold to The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York Sold to HUAM
Burnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTang/Five Dynasties white ware, possibly Xing ware: porcelain with clear glaze, the barbed rim knife-cut. Possibly from the Xing kilns, Hebei province.
9th-10th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseYue ware: stoneware with celadon glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware; white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze over molded decoration on the exterior
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese