10th-11th century
7.9 x 13.2 cm (3 1/8 x 5 3/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Earthenware with incised and cord marked decor
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseSatsuma ware; white earthenware with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels and with impressed mark on the base reading 'Taizan'
19th centuryJapaneseNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze; with Chinese numeral 1 (yi) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseTerracotta
9th-8th century BCEGreekFritware
14th centuryPersianLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with grayish olive celadon glaze over applique decoration
12th-13th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: buff earthenware with lead-fluxed, orange-brown glaze over incised decoration, the decoration incised into the wash of white slip that covers the vessel's interior, the white slip continuing over the upper portion of the exterior
10th-11th centuryChineseUnderglaze slip-painted earthenware
10th centuryPersianGlass
1st-2nd century CERomanFritware, black painted under turquoise glaze
12th-13th centurySyrianTerracotta; grayish buff clay, brown glaze
6th century BCEGreekAlabaster
16th-11th century BCEEgyptian