first half 8th century
including cover: H. 14.5 x Diam. 13.8 cm (5 11/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Turned bronze
7th-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 centuryChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted decoration
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze on the lip and exterior, the glazes slightly degraded
8th 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 centuryChinese