600-500 BCE
4.44 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Limestone
8th-7th century BCEEgyptianHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding.
18th centuryGermanWood
18th centuryGermanClay, unfired
Central AsianGreen diorite
20th centuryMexicanBronze, with black over green patina
20th centuryFrenchGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseBronze with red-brown patina
18th-19th centuryFrenchCast gold
14th-15th centuryPeruvianBoxwood
20th centuryBritishClay with paint
8th-7th century BCEEgyptianSandstone with traces of polychromy; from Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese