11th-early 12th century
H. 3.3 x Diam. 12.4 cm (1 5/16 x 4 7/8 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Terracotta
5th-7th centuryYue ware: light gray stoneware with incised, molded, gouged, and appliqué decoration under celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns in the Shaoxing area, northeastern Zhejiang province.
3rd-4th century CEChinesePorcelain with blue and white glaze
19th centuryChineseSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseKohiki type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip carefully applied to form hard-edged geometric patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseGlass and bronze
19th centuryEuropeanCeramic
20th centuryFrenchGilt silver
16th centuryGermanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 10 (shi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChinese