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.
Off-white stoneware with clear glaze
9th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes
8th centuryChineseBurnished black stoneware
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with appliqué handle and feet and with dark brown glaze on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior. Place of manufacture uncertain--probably from northern China.
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th 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 centuryChineseSilver with repousse decoration picked out in parcel gilding
7th-8th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze (now much degraded)
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, cobalt-blue splashed clear glaze
8th centuryChineseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseGray stoneware with cold-painted decoration over white gesso ground
7th-8th centuryChinese