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
Earthenware with lead fluxed glaze
6th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekTerracotta with glossy black paint
4th century BCESouth ItalianPale blue glass
1st-2nd century CERomanTerracotta, bichrome brown and light brown on white buff
12th-11th century BCEMycenaeanProbably Korean Kaya-type ware, possibly Japanese Sue ware: gray stoneware with openwork decoration and with splashes of natural ash glaze
6th centuryKoreanCeramic
17th centuryMesopotamianJizhou ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown and transparent amber glazes. From the Jizhou kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseYaozhou "moon white" (yuebai) ware: very light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over thin coating of white slip. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
12th centuryChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze, the upper portion splashed with iron-brown slip on the dished mouth. Probably from the Yue kilns near Shaoxing, Zhejian province
4th century CEChinese