late 18th cent. - 19th cent.
3.5 x 15.5 x 11.5 cm (1 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Monochrome enameled ware: porcelain with overglaze yellow enamel; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading 'Da Ming Hongzhinian zhi' within a double circle on the base
15th-16th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
18th centuryKoreanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide. Probably from the kilns at Zibo, Shandong province.
12th-13th centuryChineseTerracotta
2nd century CERomanDark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
19th centuryChineseFritware painted with white slip, blue (cobalt), and black (chromium) under clear alkali glaze
14th centuryPersianStoneware
20th centurySwedishMottled green and white jadeite, the stone of Burmese origin
19th-20th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-1st century BCEGreekCeramic
16th centuryAustrianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with mark reading "chi" ("earth") painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the base. From kilns in Kwangju-gun, Kyŏnggi province, perhaps in Toma-ri.
17th-18th centuryKorean