early 8th century
including cover: H. 15.3 x Diam. 14 cm (6 x 5 1/2 in.)
[R. H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, 2006] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Marbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-9th 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 centuryChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with blue splashed lead glaze
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 centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
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 centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChinese