first quarter 12th century
4 x 6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Probably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish green glaze, the interior glaze with white to buff cloudiness due either to under firing or to burial (in the waste heap at the kiln site). Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseProbably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze. Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province
12th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lustrous, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in 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: pale gray stoneware body with a lustrous, lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province.
12th-13th 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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, gray stoneware with lightly crackled, transparent, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, pale gray stoneware with lightly crackled, 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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChinese