2nd millennium BCE
6.3 x 1.4 x 11.7 cm (2 1/2 x 9/16 x 4 5/8 in.)
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Cast bronze
16th-11th century BCEChineseArsenical bronze
3rd millennium BCECycladicBronze
ChineseCopper alloy
2nd millennium BCEHittiteLeaded bronze
15th-13th century BCEItalicBronze
13th-11th century BCEChineseLead or Pewter
Bronze
3rd millennium BCEIranianMetal, ivory handle, incised gold floral design
17th-18th centuryPersianNiello stripes on hammer end, gold inlay around beak, silver inlay around eyes
10th-11th centuryTurkishLead
Iron
Japanese