8th century
H. 27.1 x Diam. 16.5 cm (10 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Walter C. Sedgwick, Woodside, CA, USA, Purchased from Gisèle Cröes, Brussels.
Ding ware: Porcelain with pale, ivory-hued glaze over appliqué molded decoration. From North China, probably from the Ding kilns, near Quyang, Hebei province.
9th centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChineseHammered and turned Bronze
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChineseStoneware with dark brown glaze and overglaze blue splashes
8th-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 centuryChineseEarthenware with blue splashed lead glaze
8th centuryChineseMarbled earthenware with amber colored lead glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the interior and lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze on the lip and exterior, the glazes slightly degraded
8th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChinese