An unusual white stoneware flask in the form of a leather pouch. Liao Dynasty, 10th Century. Photo Sotheby's the lower part of oval section, the upper part terminating in a flat bracket-lobed flange and tubular spout with everted lip, the flange enclosed...

White stoneware bowl China, Tang dynasty, 8th or 9th century A white stoneware shallow bowl, the thickly potted, gently rounded sides rising from a neatly cut, disc-like foot and terminating in a turned-over rim. The interior and exterior of the bowl...

White stoneware lobed dish. China, Northern Song dynasty, late 10th - early 11th century A white stoneware dish, supported on a straight ring foot, the broad rim rising steeply from the convex well and divided into six lobes. The thinly potted stoneware...