11th-early 12th century
2.5 x 10.9 cm (1 x 4 5/16 in.)
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM
Coin silver
19th centuryAmericanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekCeramic
20th centuryGermanBuff-colored earthenware painted with luster (silver and copper) over white lead alkali glaze opacified with tin
10th centurySancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with cobalt blue
8th centuryChineseGlass
20th centurySwedishTerracotta
EtruscanWhite to cream-colored stoneware with clear glaze. Reportedly recovered from a palace in Seoul.
13th-14th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze green enamel, the wave pattern incised; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi" inside the hollow stem
16th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
4th-3rd millennium BCEChineseDark and light gray nephrite; the stone of Central Asian origin, probably from Khotan
19th centuryChinese