18th century
42 x 21.3 x 10.8 cm (16 9/16 x 8 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded white earthenware with traces of lead-fluxed, pale yellow glaze and with further traces of overglaze cold-painted pigments
7th centuryChineseClay with paint
11th-10th century BCEEgyptianLead
6th-5th century BCEGreek
Bronze
20th centuryBritishBronze
16th century
Ironstone on stone base
20th centuryBritishLimestone, biosparite
12th-13th centuryFrenchStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese
Metal and wood, inscribed in red-fiber tip ink
20th centuryGermanTerracotta; tan slip, traces of white on surface
2nd century BCE-1st century CEGreek