probably 11th century
20.9 x 17.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Monochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior
10th-11th 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 centuryChinesePerhaps Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. Perhaps from the Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
10th-11th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised decoration
11th-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 centuryChineseDing ware: porcellaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the unglazed lip originally bound with metal. From the Ding kilns in Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseRed Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze and with traces of decoration in overglaze gold leaf
11th centuryChineseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded, carved, and incised decoration
10th-11th centuryChineseYue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with pale bluish green celadon glaze over a thin white-slip ground
10th-11th centuryChineseUnderfired Black Ding ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with brownish green, tea-dust-like glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChinese