late 12th-early 13th century
H. 21 x W. 18 x D. 10.2 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/16 x 4 in.) H. with mount: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. John Dolliver MacDonald, Cambridge, Massachusetts (by 1977 - 1989), sold; [through Christie's East, sale 6837, New York, June 7, 1989], to; the Harvard University Art Museums.
Bronze with reddish brown and green patina
19th centuryFrenchBrush with bristles and wooden handle
20th centuryGermanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli shiliu nian zhi" on the base
16th centuryChinesePlaster reproduction of faience original
19th-20th centuryMinoanCarved and painted wood
20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
17th centuryItalianBronze with bright green over brown patina with some reddish areas
19th centuryFrenchMolded, reddish buff earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
8th centuryChineseBronze with green patina
16th-17th centuryNetherlandishTerracotta
3rd century BCEGreekWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground
12th-13th centuryJapaneseLimestone, biomicrite
14th centuryFrench