6th-10th century
Fragment 1: 4.5 x 3.1 (1 3/4 x 1 1/4) Fragment 2: 2.6 x 2.6 cm (1 x 1 in.)
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
Terracotta
6th century BCEGreek
Bronze
20th centuryFrenchAlabaster
18th centuryFlemish?Plaster
20th centuryAmericanLeaded copper
1st millennium BCESyro-Hittite or PhoenicianLimestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.
6th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments, gold leaf, and oxidized silver leaf
8th centuryChinesePlywood, pine and galvanized steel
21st centuryAmericanCypress wood with pigment: single-block construction
18th-19th centuryJapaneseAluminum and copper wire
20th centuryAmericanDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with clear glaze
19th centuryChinese