late 7th - early 8th century
H. 20.0 x W. 8.2 x D. 4.9 cm (7 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 3/1/1935] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1935-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Construction of wire
20th centuryAmericanPlaster
20th centuryAmericanUnfired clay
1st century BCE-3rd century CEIndianPlaster
19th centuryItalianPlaster
19th centuryItalianTerracotta
GreekSun-dried clay/straw mix with traces of polychromy
8th-9th centuryCentral AsianArsenical copper
3rd millennium BCESyro-HittiteTerracotta
SyrianPlaster, beeswax, human hair, cotton, leather, aluminum pull tabs, enamel paint
21st centuryAmericanTerracotta, heavily encrusted, from a very worn mold
5th century BCEGreekGilt bronze
8th-9th centuryChinese