12th-13th century
7.5 x 13.2 cm (2 15/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Monochrome blue ware: porcelain with cobalt-blue glaze over incised decoration; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseMonochrome-glazed ware: pale pink earthenware with (partially degraded) lead-fluxed, clear glaze over white slip ground on the exterior; the pale blue splashes applied over the glaze in the twentieth century, using blue ink or pigment; with lead-fluxed, yellow glaze on the interior
8th centuryChinesePale blue-green glass
1st century CERomanPolychrome plaster
GreekBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Xuande nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
15th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
13th centuryKoreanHard paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
19th centuryGermanBlack basalt
18th centuryBritishCloisonné enamel
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
GreekCeramic
20th centuryGermanGlass
19th centuryGerman