12th century
H. 8.5 x Diam. 13.8 cm (3 3/8 x 5 7/16 in.)
Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
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 centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with sky blue glaze over trailed ribs of porcelain slip
12th centuryChineseNorthern 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.
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 centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over molded decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the rim with clear glaze over white slip
11th-12th centuryChineseRusset Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron-oxide. Probably from the kilns at Jianci villiage, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese