first half 8th century
H. 18.42 x Diam. 13.34 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
White earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMarbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChinese