probably 12th century
Diam. 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Probably from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th 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 centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over decoration trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th 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 centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze, the unglazed rim originally bound with metal
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChinese