first half 8th century
H. 2.7 x Diam. 5.1 cm (1 1/16 x 2 in.)
Pale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted decoration
8th centuryChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three appliqué molded elements coated with caramel-brown glaze over a thin layer of white slip. From the kilns at Tongchuan, Changsha, Hunan province
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseBurnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese