19th century
3.7 x 3.2 x 1 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Dr. George E. Ellis, Boston, MA, To the Massachusetts Historical Society. Ellis was the president of the Mass. Historical Society from 1885-1894. Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA, From Dr. George E. Ellis, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910.
Terracotta
Alabaster
15th centuryBritishSandstone with faint traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseUnfired clay
1st century BCE-3rd century CEIndianMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicPlaster
19th centuryItalianGilt bronze
TibetanFaience
9th centuryEgyptianCypress wood with traces of pigment: single-block construction
18th centuryJapaneseLimestone
Egyptian
Bottle of boric acid
20th centuryGermanGlass, steel and steel wire
20th centuryAmerican