first half 8th century
H. 3.2 x Diam. 6.4 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
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 centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, caramel-brown, and clear glazes over stamped decoration and with lead fluxed, pale yellow glaze on the feet. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChinese