11th-early 12th century
H. 7.8 x Diam. 17.1 cm (3 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
Silver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryAmericanNorthern black ware of Cizhou type: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the lowest portion of the exterior dressed with black slip. From the Xiaoyu cun kilns at Huairen, Shanxi province.
12th centuryChineseCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with misfired olive-brown celadon glaze and kiln adhesions. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze buff slip. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-14th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotMetal
20th centuryGermanVery pale brown glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta
GreekBiscuit porcelain with decoration painted in green, aubergine, and black enamels against a yellow enamel ground; with spurious underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChinese