6.5 x 10.2 cm (2 9/16 x 4 in.)
Low-fired gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware body with bluish celadon glaze. From the Longquan kilns, Zhejiang province
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
ChineseLow-fired gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGuan ware: molded dark gray stoneware with misfired, or degraded, light grayish blue glaze. From the guan kilns near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province
12th-13th centuryChineseLow-fired gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseProbably Ru ware: light gray stoneware body with pale bluish celadon glaze over carved decoration. Probably from the Ru kilns, Henan province
11th-12th centuryChineseBlackened gray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseGray earthenware
3rd millennium BCEChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved and incised (or stamped) decoration; with Chinese character "ji" incised under the glaze on the underside
10th-11th centuryChineseCeramic
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