8th century
H. 2.86 x Diam. 6.99 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Light gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware; white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze over molded decoration on the exterior
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese