6th-5th century BCE
irregular: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
Japanese cypress (hinoki); assembled woodblock construction with polychromy and rock-crystal inlaid eyes
13th centuryJapaneseSandstone with faint traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseFaience
4th-1st century BCEEgyptianTerracotta with pigment
Unidentified centuryPre-Columbian?Marble
3rd millennium BCEAnatolianPale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze
10th centuryChineseBronze with black over brown patina
19th centuryFrench
Package of dried pimento, inscribed in black fiber-tip ink
20th centuryGermanLeaded copper
7th century BCEGreekCast bronze (with much deteriorated lacquer coating and gilding). Sino-Tibetan style.
16th-17th centuryChineseGilt bronze with traces of pigment
16th-17th centuryTibetan