12th century
H. 8.2 x Diam. 9.7 cm (3 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Zuellig, Switzerland, purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New York, as a gift for the Harvard University Art Museums
Probably Cizhou ware: off-white stoneware with brown-slip splashes on a white-slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
12th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.
12th centuryChineseDing-type ware: translucent, off-white porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised decoration, with appliqué handle and spout. Probably from kilns in Fujian province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseShufu ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded characters reading "Shu Fu" incorporated into the design
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese