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 lead-glazed ware: brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over an all-over coating of white slip that has been incised and carved to create the decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th 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 and with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim dressed with white slip under clear glaze, the base and unglazed lower portion with a brush-written inscription reading "Wei Han Han / Wei / Wei"
12th-13th centuryChineseProbably misfired Longquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with transparent, olive-hued celadon glaze over appliqué molded decoration
13th-14th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the saggar fragments made of coarse reddish buff firing clay. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
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 sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChinesePainted Jizhou ware: off-white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze iron slip under clear glaze. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
13th-14th centuryChineseShufu ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded characters reading "Shu Fu" incorporated into the design
12th-13th centuryChinese