first half 8th century
H. 6.9 x Diam. 30 cm (2 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
White stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
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 centuryChineseEarthenware with cold-painted decoration
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 centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze (now much degraded) over a white slip ground on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChinese