13th century
H. 7 x Diam. 12.1 cm (2 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
J.J. Lally & Co., New York William B. Goldstein, M.D., Wilton, Conn. Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. Mrs. Samuel T. Peters, New York
Cizhou-type ware: earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: off-white stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale blue glaze embellished with iron-brown splashes
13th-14th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with dark brown glaze; recovered in the Philippines
13th-14th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: coarse gray stoneware with light blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusion from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseGreen Jun ware: light gray stoneware with thick celadon glaze
13th-14th centuryChineseLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with bluish green celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChinese