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Silver-gilt

Ganzhou ware: light gray stoneware, the unglazed exterior with combed and applique decoration, the unglazed neck with beads of pearly white glaze to form the bosses, the interior with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Qili Ganzhou, Jiangxi province

Terracotta

Terracotta

Terracotta

Terracotta

Yaozhou ware: medium gray stoneware coated all over with white slip, the decoration carved through the slip to reveal the underlying darker body, the exterior of the jar further covered with celadon glaze, the interior left unglazed; Made at Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with carved and appliqué décor. From the Yue kilns in the Shanglinhu area, northeastern Zhejiang province

Gray stoneware with stamped decoration and splashes of natural ash glaze

Gray stoneware with stamped decoration

Gray stoneware with cord-impressed flute pattern

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over stamped decoration inlaid with white slip

Punch'ŏng ware: light gray stoneware with stamped decoration inlaid with white slip under pale celadon glaze

Probably Xing ware: white stoneware with pale celadon glaze. Probably from the Xing kilns at Neiqiu, Hebei province

Ganzhou ware: light gray stoneware, the unglazed exterior with combed and applique decoration, the interior with russet-surfaced dark brown glaze. From the kilns at Qili, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province

Nanfeng ware: light gray stoneware with decoration reserved against the medium brown glaze, the rim and reserved designs with clear glaze over white slip. From the Baishe kilns in Nanfeng county, Jiangxi province

Jizhou-type ware, probably Tushan ware: light gray stoneware with variegated dark brown and transparent amber glazes over white slip ground. Probably from the kilns at Tushan, Sichuan province

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Jizhou ware: ivory white stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration reserved in the biscuit against the dark brown glaze. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Molded celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over molded decoration