12th-early 13th century
4 x 19 cm (1 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Spink and Son, London
White stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChinesePorcelain with overglaze red, green, and gold enamels; rim repaired with gold lacquer
18th centuryJapaneseBuff earthenware with decoration painted in black and burgundy slips, the surface burnished before firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
3rd millennium BCEChineseTerracotta
CypriotBrass, inlaid with silver
14th centuryArabFritware painted in blue (cobalt) under clear alkali glaze
19th-20th centuryHorn
17th centuryChineseCeramic
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
GreekCast bronze
11th-10th century BCEChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrench