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.
Bronze
7th-10th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with olive-green ash glaze over applique lug handles
8th-9th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with medium brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChineseOff-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed pale yellow glaze on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
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 centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: pink earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze embellished with designs in cobalt-blue, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed caramel-brown glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-white glaze (the glaze possibly over white slip)
8th-9th centuryChinese