probably 12th century
H. 4.5 x Diam. 9.2 cm (1 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
Cunliffe Collection, London A.L. Hetherington, London
Green Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
10th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired dark brown glaze and bluish white markings, the markings probably from an application of ash
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded decoration, the unglazed lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark brown and transparent amber glazes over white slip ground. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province
12th-14th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChinese