11th-early 12th century
2.6 x 11.8 cm (1 x 4 5/8 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kyoto ware: buff earthenware with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels
19th centuryJapaneseDing ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over incised and carved decoration, the rim repaired with gold lacquer. From the Ding kilns at Quyang, Hebei province.
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta with lustrous black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianFritware pierced and painted with black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
17th-18th centuryMonochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt blue glaze; with incised mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" within an incised double circle, all beneath a cobalt-blue glaze on the base
16th centuryChineseEarthenware with impressed decoration
2nd-1st century BCEChineseSilver
20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
7th century BCEGreekPlaster
Silver
AmericanLight gray stoneware with kiln-blackened surface and with incised and openwork decoration
5th-6th centuryKoreanSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench