first half 8th century
H. 3.2 x Diam. 6.4 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Silvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th 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 centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th 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 centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
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 centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChineseBurnished black earthenware
8th-9th centuryChinese