8th century
H. 7.4 x Diam. 8.1 cm (2 15/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Changsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware; white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze over molded decoration on the exterior
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with pale grayish olive glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChinese