8th century
H. 6.03 x Diam. 8.26 cm (2 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Transparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with pale grayish olive glaze
7th-8th 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 centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th centuryChineseBurnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
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 centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue 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 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