11th-early 12th century
1.3 x 8.8 cm (1/2 x 3 7/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM Shirley Nye purchased from Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Silver
19th centuryAmericanCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in iron-brown slip on a white slip ground. Probably from the Guantai kilns, near Handan, Hebei province.
12th centuryChineseTerracotta, gray-brown ware
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianGray stoneware with incised decoration
7th centuryKoreanTerracotta; buff clay
3rd-2nd millennium BCEMinoanSilver
18th centuryAmericanCeramic
JapaneseKohiki type: light gray stoneware with pale celadon glaze over brush-applied white slip, the slip carefully applied to form hard-edged geometric patterns, with artist’s mark impressed on the base
21st centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryBritishTerracotta
Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.
12th-13th centuryChineseGray earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChinese