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
Red earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze blue splashes
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseMarbled earthenware with amber colored lead 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 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 centuryChinese