9th century
H. 5.3 x Diam. 15.2 cm (2 1/16 x 6 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
Earthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseMarbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseXing or Xing-type ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with pale blue glaze over white slip on the interior and upper portion of the exterior; probably from kilns in Hebei province, perhaps from the Xing kilns at Neiqiu, Hebei province
9th-10th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th 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 centuryChinese