17th-18th century
5.2 x 3.1 x 0.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920.
Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseWood with traces of polychromy
EgyptianMedium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseMarble
19th centuryAmericanWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychromy over white gesso ground
12th-13th centuryJapanesePlaster
Clay, unfired
Central AsianWire mesh, wood, bait
20th centuryGermanLeaded bronze
1st-2nd century CERomanWood
20th centuryGermanperhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
3rd-5th century CEAfghanHandmade paper, chalk, graphite, pink wove paper and corrugated cardboard
20th centuryBritish