probably 12th century
H. 4.8 x Diam. 9.3 cm (1 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Transparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th 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 lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang, county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseProbably Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over a full coating of white slip, the vertical ribs trailed in white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseHammered silver
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze
12th-13th centuryChinesePorcelain with mold-impressed decoration under pale sky-blue glaze
12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChinese