Majiayao culture, Machang phase, 2350 - 2050 BCE
H. 12 x W. 5.2 x D. 4.5 cm (4 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
[The Chinese Procelain Company, New York, 2002] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick, Woodside, CA (2002-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
Plaster
Medium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseLeaded bronze; lost-wax cast
10th centuryChineseLimestone, traces of paint
6th century BCECypriotMolded, white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
5th-2nd century BCEIberianLeaded brass
19th-20th centuryItalianGlazed majolica
19th centuryItalianBronze with light brown patina
19th centuryFrenchCopper
5th-4th century BCEItalicEnameled Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over white slip ground, the decoration painted in underglaze brown slip and overglaze red, green, and yellow enamels
13th-14th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalian