12th-early 13th century
2.6 x 13.4 cm (1 x 5 1/4 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Monochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with overglaze coral-red enamel; with overglaze red enamel mark reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi" in seal-script characters on the base
18th centuryChineseCreamware, black transfer printed
19th centuryBritishTerracotta
2nd millennium BCEHurrianBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th-18th centuryChineseAsh-glazed ware: light gray stoneware with thin, intentionally applied, brownish-green, ash glaze over all-over ground of iron-brown slip. Reportedly recovered in North or South Chŏlla province, in 1959.
13th centuryKoreanGray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
3rd-1st century BCEChineseDong Khe ware: molded light gray stoneware with ivory-hued glaze over white slip
18th-19th centuryChineseCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated magenta and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 8 (ba) inscribed on base; “Ying tai Lan shi yong” (Ocean Terrace, used in the Orchid Room) inscription incised on base at a later date
15th centuryChineseSteel
19th centuryPersianEtching fired onto ceramic plate, then colored, glazed, and refired
19th centuryFrenchMetal
20th centuryGerman