12th century
12.9 x 12.3 cm (5 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white-slip-coated applique decoration
11th-12th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over molded and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseCizhou-type ware: earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze
12th-13th centuryChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
12th centuryChineseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration, the interior with vertical ribs trailed in white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseJizhou ware: off-white stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns, near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over combed, molded, and openwork decoration
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: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over incised and carved decoration
12th centuryChineseNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion dressed with dark purplish brown slip. Probably from the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChinese