Circular Bowl with Notched Rim and Scrolling Floral Decor

Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lower portion dressed with dark brown slip

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

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

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

Ding ware: porcelain with clear glaze over molded decoration

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over molded decoration

Northern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over carved and incised decoration

Qingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised, carved, and combed decoration

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