11th-early 12th century
1.2 x 8.7 cm (1/2 x 3 7/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Terracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration, the interior with vertical ribs trailed in white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseGlazed ceramic ware: light gray stoneware with mottled brown glaze over incised decoration. Made in Namwŏn-gun, North Chŏlla province.
19th centuryKoreanCeramic
18th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekGray stoneware
4th-6th centuryKoreanSilver?
FrenchQingbai-type ware: off-white or gray stoneware with pale sky-blue glaze over applique decoration.
13th centuryChineseTerracotta, white ground
6th century BCEGreekGreen glass
2nd-4th century CERomanCast bronze; with dedicatory inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChinese