first quarter 12th century
4 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Celadon ware: light gray stoneware body with bluish celadon glaze. Possibly from Henan or Shaanxi province
11th-12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with lustrous, lightly crackled, transparent, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChinesePossibly Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with bluish celadon glaze. Possibly from the Ru kilns, Henan province
11th-12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, pale gray stoneware with lightly crackled, transparent, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze, the glaze with white to buff cloudiness due either to under firing or to burial (in the waste heap at the kiln site). From the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseGuan ware: molded dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze on the interior and with misfired (i.e. bubbled/cratered) light grayish blue glaze on the exterior. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with matte-surfaced, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze, the glaze with white to buff cloudiness due either to under firing or to burial (in the waste heap at the kiln site). From the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseRu ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze. From the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChinese