Neolithic to Shang period, 2000-1000 BCE
H. 21 x W. 17 cm (8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Blackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware with lightly crackled, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: pale gray stoneware body with a lightly crackled, bluish green celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
11th centuryChinesePainted funerary ware: gray earthenware with cold-painted red pigments on a white gesso ground.
ChineseHigh-fired gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
ChineseGuan ware: dark gray stoneware body with a misfired or degraded bluish green celadon glaze on the interior and with lightly crackled, grayish green celadon glaze on the exterior. From the Guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseBlackened buff and gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: molded, pale gray stoneware with matte-surfaced, bluish green celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns in Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseCeramic
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