11th-early 12th century
4 x 9 cm (1 9/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue hallmark reading "Shendetang zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseSteel
19th centuryPersianSplashed Jun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze enlivened with purple suffusions from copper filings
13th-14th centuryChineseCeramic
17th centuryGermanMarble, cinnabar
3rd millennium BCECycladicSilver
18th centuryBritishSilver
18th centuryAmericanTerracotta; fine reddish yellow clay with pale red slip
6th century BCEGreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with overglaze sepia-enamel hallmark reading "Xu Hua Tang zhi" on the base
18th 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 centuryChineseOpaque blue glass with yellow and white decoration