probably 12th century
H. 4.8 x Diam. 9.2 cm (1 7/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip
12th centuryChineseDing-type ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over molded decoration. Perhaps from kilns at Jiexu, Shanxi province.
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 centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseCizhou-type lead-glazed ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over an all-over coating of white slip that has been incised and carved to create the decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved
12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChinese