12th-14th century
Diam. 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Gregory (1922-1988) and Maria C. Henderson (1923-2007), Medford, MA (by 1969-1988), inherited; by Maria C. Henderson, Medford, MA (1988-2000), sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.
Cast bronze with two integrally cast inscriptions (one auspicious, one documentary)
2nd century CEChineseCast bronze
1st century BCEChineseCast bronze
7th-8th centuryChineseCast Bronze with decoration cold-painted in mineral pigments; reputedly from Changsha, Hunan province
1st century BCEChineseCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseOpaque and semi-opaque watercolor on prepared pasteboard under varnish
18th-19th centuryOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianCast bronze
1st-3rd century CEChineseBronze
5th-4th century BCEEtruscanCast bronze
8th centuryChineseCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze
12th-14th centuryKorean