Greenware bowl and lid surmounted by an animal, 5th century AD, Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589); stoneware, with green glaze; unglazed base; 9.5 cm (height), at foot 4.2 cm (height), 17.5 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.971. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware vase, or hu, with dish-shaped mouth and lotus decoration, Xiaoshan kiln-sites, 2nd half of the 5th century - 1st half of the 6th century AD, Six Dynasties Period (AD 221 - 589); stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim; 14.5 cm (height), 13.8 cm (diameter), at foot 11.3 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.329. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware jar in the form of a double fish, Yue kiln-sites, late 9th century - early 10th century AD; stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 9.7 x 7.6 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth), at mouth 3.2 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.288. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware six-lobed jar with petals, Jiangxi Province or Yue kiln-sites, 10th century, Five Dynasties Period - Song Dynasty (AD 907 - 1279); stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 10.9 cm (height), 9.3 cm max. (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.375. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware bowl with foliated rim, Changsha or Yue kiln-sites, late 8th century - early 9th century AD, stoneware, with green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim; 5.7 cm (height), 16.8 cm (diameter), at foot 8 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.1021. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Greenware vase in double-gourd form, Yue kiln-sites, late 9th century - early 10th century AD, Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907), stoneware, with green glaze; glazed base; glazed rim; 7.6 cm (height), 5.6 cm (diameter). Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956. EA1956.305. © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford