first half 8th century
H. 4.8 x Diam. 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Earthenware with cold-painted decoration
8th centuryChineseTransparent emerald-green glass with red lead pigment on the surface
8th-12th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
9th centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. 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 centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChinese