8th century
H. 2.86 x Diam. 6.99 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Monochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChineseMarbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, caramel-brown, and clear glazes over stamped decoration and with lead fluxed, pale yellow glaze on the feet. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splahed clear glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior, the (slightly degraded) glazes over a white-slip ground
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 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 centuryChineseDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with pale grayish olive glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over white slip and underglaze decoration painted in iron-brown and copper-green pigments, the rim with touches of iron-brown. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChinese