probably 12th century
H. 4.8 x Diam. 9.3 cm (1 7/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, 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 centuryChineseDing-type ware: translucent, off-white porcelaneous stoneware with clear glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze 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 centuryChineseMottled grayish white nephrite
11th-13th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelain with clear glaze over molded decoration
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved, incised, and combed decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip; the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChinese