12th century
H. 26.7 x Diam. 14.4 cm (10 1/2 x 5 11/16 in.)
Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseCast bronze with a cast inscription on vessel floor
10th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the exterior with russet skin, the interior with russet markings in overglaze iron oxide
11th-12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and roulette-wheel impressed decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern russet ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze
12th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseCizhou-type cut-glaze ware: light gray stoneware with rust brown glaze, the decoration cut into the glaze before firing. From the Ciyaobao kilns, Lingwu county, Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
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 centuryChinese