late 10th century
H. 22.8 x Diam. 13.7 cm (9 x 5 3/8 in.)
Monochrome lead-glazed ware: gray (or possibly brick-red) earthenware with lead-fluxed, dark brown glaze over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
10th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
10th-11th centuryChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
10th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze
10th-11th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseXing or Xing-type ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with pale blue glaze over white slip on the interior and upper portion of the exterior; probably from kilns in Hebei province, perhaps from the Xing kilns at Neiqiu, Hebei province
9th-10th centuryChinese