c. 1765-1770
20.3 cm (8 in.)
Gilt bronze
18th centuryFrenchLeaded bronze
7th-1st century BCEEgyptianWood box containing various archival materials
21st centuryPortuguese
Marble
20th centuryAmericanMolded earthenware
7th centuryJapaneseBronze
19th-20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
17th centuryItalian
Plastic, paper wrapper, inscribed in black fiber-tip ink
20th centuryGermanLead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with traces of cold-painted red and black pigments over the glaze
7th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of polychromy; from Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseBronze with black over brown patina, thick and opaque
19th centuryFrenchBronze, with reddish-brown with dark brown and light green patina
19th centuryFrench