Gift of the Estate of Theodore Dwight, through Harriet Amory, to the Department of the Classics, 1920. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.
Gilt bronze
13th centuryJapanesePlaster
20th centuryByzantineTerracotta
Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments
18th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianMolded earthenware with traces of polychromy
18th-19th centuryTibetanPlaster
19th centuryItalianTerracotta
18th-17th century BCESyrianTerracotta, mold made
2nd millennium BCEMesopotamianHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, and gilding
18th centuryGermanDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with clear glaze; with incised mark reading "He Chun" on the base
18th centuryChinese"Sancai" (three-color) ware: molded white earthenware with emerald green, caramel brown, amber yellow, and clear lead-fluxed glazes; unglazed areas with cold-painted pigments on a white ground
Chinese