c. 2700 BCE-c. 2100 BCE
8.9 x 4.9 cm, 0.5 cm (3 1/2 x 1 15/16 in., 3/16 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Copper
2nd millennium BCESyro-HittiteOff-white earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white slip (or white gesso?) ground in localized areas
8th centuryChineseCopper alloy
3rd-2nd century BCEEtruscanBronze with light brown patina
19th centuryFrenchMarble
19th centuryBritishMolded black basaltes
18th centuryBritishHard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
18th centuryGermanGilt bronze
5th centuryChineseBronze
20th centuryAmericanBronze
20th centuryAmericanLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
ChineseCoarsely crystalline banded limestone
20th centuryFrench