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.
Turned bronze
9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th 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 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 centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseLushan ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze embellished with variegated light blue splashes. Probably from the Duandian kiln, Lushan county, Henan province.
8th-9th centuryChinese'Jiaotai' ware: laminated brown and white stoneware clays under a clear glaze, the rim with underglaze white slip
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 centuryChinesePale buff stoneware with clear glaze mottled with emerald-green glaze over a white slip ground
9th centuryChineseWhite earthenware with leadfluxed, cobaltsplashed glaze
8th centuryChineseHuangdao ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze with variegated light blue suffusions
8th-9th centuryChinese