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
Pale yellow-brown glass
3rd-7th centuryRomanBronze
ChineseLight gray stoneware with light gray glaze
16th-17th centuryKoreanTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianTerracotta
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
13th century BCEMycenaeanGray earthenware with cord-impressed decoration
ChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue, emerald-green and caramel-brown glazes over stamped decoration on the interior and lead-fluxed caramel glaze on the exterior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
8th centuryChineseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised bowstring lines
12th centuryKoreanBlue-green glass
1st-2nd century CERomanSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
12th-13th centuryChineseBronze, leaded bronze handle
5th century BCEEtruscan