second half 11th century
2.5 x 26.2 x 15.1 cm (1 x 10 5/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale blue glaze over carved and incised decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale bluish green celadon glaze over a thin white-slip ground
10th-11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with an all-over coating of white slip under a clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChinese