12th century
H. 5.1 x Diam. 13.6 cm (2 x 5 3/8 in.)
Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., New York purchased from Sotheby's, London (ca. 1971). H.R.N. Norton, London Marquese Gia Quili Ferrini, Florence John Sparks, London
Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with crazed celadon glaze
10th-13th centuryChineseRusset Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseQingbai-type ware: molded porcelain with virtually colorless glaze
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 centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese