Long-Necked, Pear-Shaped Bottle with Decoration of Two Floral Sprays

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over mold-impressed decoration, the unglazed rim bound with metal. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip

Splashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decor. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.