Circular Bowl with Notched Rim and Scrolling Floral Decor

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

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

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

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze

Earthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze

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.

Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale, sky-blue glaze over molded decoration, the unglazed lip banded with silver. From the kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide

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

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.