Chinese luxury items dating from the en:Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) period of China, including:

Far left item: A Ding-ware porcelain bottle with a clear colorless glaze and iron-tinted pigment, made in the 11th century or early 12th century, found in Hebei Province.

Left center item: A dark glaze Ding-ware porcelain bowl with a foliate rim, made in the 11th or 12th century.

Right center: A five-lobed lacquerware tray with a wooden base and metal rim, made in the 11th or 12th century.

Far right item: A stoneware jar of the Cizhou type, with white slip under a transparent colorless glaze, made in the 11th or early 12th century.

From the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Washington D.C.

• Author: en:User:PericlesofAthens
• Date: August 3, 2007