Greenware bowl with animal masks, Yue kiln-sites, 4th century AD, Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316) - Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420) - Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589); stoneware, with incised, impressed, and applied decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim; 5.8 cm (height), 16.5 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.233. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware saucer dish with lotus leaves, Yue kiln-sites, late 9th century - early 10th century AD, Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907); stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 2.5 cm (height), 13.1 cm (diameter), at foot 5.9 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.324. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware bowl with inscription, 10th century, Yue kiln-sites, Five Dynasties Period (AD 907 - 960) - Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1127); stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 4.7 cm (height), 12.4 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.735. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

White ware bowl with thick rolled rim, late 8th century - early 9th century AD, Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907); stoneware, with white glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim; 4 cm (height), 12.2 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.1150. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware five-lobed dish, Shaoxing kiln-sites, 10th century (AD 901 - 1000); stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 3.6 cm (height), 10.6 cm (diameter), at foot 4.2 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.235. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford