8th-9th century
6.7 x 6.9 cm (2 5/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Glass
ItalianTerracotta, black ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanCast bronze
ChineseReddish earthenware covered in white slip and painted with black (manganese and iron) under clear lead glaze
9th-10th centuryPersianBlack Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron oxide. From the Huangpu kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
11th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
10th-12th centuryChineseCoin silver
19th centuryAmericanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th-12th centuryKoreanMonochrome enameled porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel on the exterior and clear glaze on the interior; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
17th-18th centuryChinese