c. 1137-1140
47 x 24.1 cm (18 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Bing Collection, Paris, sold; to Fogg Art Museum through Hervey E. Wetzel Bequest Fund, November, 1920
Gilt bronze with cold gilding and traces of pigments and with inscription on the back of the base that translates "I bow and take refuge at the lotus feet of the Prince of Dharma bSod nams seng ge"
16th centuryTibetanBronze
7th century BCEGreekTerracotta
4th-3rd century BCEGreekCarved wood
20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
Marble
19th centuryFrenchPlaster, toned, painted and gilt
19th-20th centuryAmericanDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with clear glaze; with incised mark reading "He Chun" on the base
18th centuryChineseWood
18th centuryAustrianBronze
20th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
5th century BCEEtruscanCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments over a white gesso ground
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese