11th century
H. 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Liao 'sancai' (three-color) ware: white-slipped, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed green and amber glaze over incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with lustrous clear glaze over white slip ground, the glaze enlivened with three emerald-green splashes
10th-11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseRusset Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous stoneware with ivory-hued glaze, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide, the exterior with russet skin and purplish brown slip on the lower portion. Probably from the Cizhou kilns at Guantai, Cixian, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over decoration trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChinese