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.
Light gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseDing ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with appliqué handle and spout and with medium brown glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseTurned bronze
7th-9th centuryChineseRed earthenware with stamped decoration
7th-9th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseTang white ware: white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSilvered bronze
8th-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 centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-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 centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChinese