first half 8th century
H. 6.1 × Diam. 29.3 cm (2 3/8 × 11 9/16 in.)
Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th 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 centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
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 centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th 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 centuryChinese