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.
Turned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware; white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze over molded decoration on the exterior
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseChangsha ware: light gray stoneware with three molded appliqué decorative elements, the ewer coated with olive-toned celadon glaze over a thin coat of white slip, the appliqué elements further splashed with caramel glaze. From the kilns at Tongguan, Changsha, Hunan province.
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
7th-8th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
8th-9th centuryChinesePorcelaneous white stoneware with ivory hued glaze
9th centuryChinese