c. 1480-1490
75.25 cm (29 5/8 in.)
Gilt bronze
10th centuryChineseBronze with brown patina
19th centuryFrench
Patinated cast bronze (cupric nitrate)
21st centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
1st-3rd century CERomanMarble
19th centuryFrenchCypress wood with traces of pigment: single-block construction
18th centuryJapaneseCopper
2nd millennium BCESyro-HittiteGilt bronze
7th-8th centuryKoreanMarble from Greek islands, Paros or Naxos
4th-1st century BCEGraeco-RomanBronze
20th centuryFrenchGilt bronze
3rd-1st century BCEChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone, with traces of pigment. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
7th centuryChinese