Short-Necked Ovoid Bottle Lightly Segmented to Resemble a Melon

Cast bronze with a cast inscription on vessel floor

Liao 'sancai' (three-color) ware: white-slipped, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed green and amber glaze over incised decoration

Earthenware with green splashed lead glaze

Huangpu black-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze decoratively applied over a thick coat of white slip that covers the interior and that portion of the exterior under the lip. From the Huangpu kiln, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province.

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the floral decoration incised and the patterned background stamped into the white slip ground, all under a clear glaze

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Green Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze

Transparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with applique molded decorative elements and lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over a white-slip ground

Bronze

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: pinkish buff earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and amber-yellow glazes over incised decoration

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.