c. 1863
57 x 30.2 x 44 cm (22 7/16 x 11 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Charles Ricketts and Charles Hazelwood Shannon, London, sold; [through Martin Birnbaum] to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1929, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Pentelic marble
2nd-3rd century CERomanIvory
JapaneseCopper
2nd millennium BCESyro-Hittite
Bronze
20th centuryFrenchMixed copper alloy
11th-13th centuryIranianMarble, seemingly Pentelic
1st century BCEGreekBronze
20th centuryAmericanBronze
10th-8th century BCEIranianMarble
19th centuryFrenchMetal
13th-14th centuryThaiHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanBrown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw
19th-20th centuryJapanese