11th-early 12th century
1.3 x 8.6 cm (1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ceramic
ItalianQingbai ware: porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze over carved and incised decoration
12th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishWhite stoneware with transparent glaze tinged with green
6th-7th centuryChineseTerracotta
Celadon ware: light gray stoneware over carved and incised decoration
6th centuryChineseMarble, cinnabar
3rd millennium BCECycladicTerracotta
2nd century BCEHellenisticGray stoneware
5th-3rd century BCEChinesePewter
17th centurySwissLongquan celadon ware: light gray stoneware with incised and carved decoration. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
16th centuryChinese