8th century
H. 7.4 x Diam. 8.1 cm (2 15/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Monochrome 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 centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChinese