7th-8th century
5.4 x 14.6 x 6.9 cm (2 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 2 11/16 in.)
Marble
13th-14th centuryItalianBronze, on ochre-colored marble base
16th-17th centuryItalianPlaster
19th centuryAmericanTwo rolls of gauze in waxed paper, one inscribed in red fiber-tip ink
20th centuryGermanBronze
19th-20th centuryAmericanBronze
20th centuryAmericanSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLow-grade crystalline marble, perhaps from western Asia Minor
4th century BCEGreekGilt bronze with traces of red pigment
19th centuryThaiBronze
7th-1st century BCEEgyptianConstruction of painted cardboard
20th centuryAmericanWhite glass paste
18th centuryBritish