Shallow Dish with Stylized Floral Decor

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Northern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, 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.

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and combed decoration, the interior coated with a thin layer of underglaze white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed rim bound with brass. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the rim with clear glaze over white slip

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.

Qingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised bowstring line decoration on exterior