early 20th century
Reproduction, in painted plaster, of an ancient Minoan limestone vessel in the shape of a triton shell from Knossos (Crete).
Copper alloy
7th-2nd century BCEItalicLimestone
4th-1st century BCEEgyptianAquamarine glass
8th-6th century BCEPhoenicianTerracotta
6th-5th century BCEGreekMolded brick-red earthenware with emerald green, lead-fluxed glaze
2nd century CEChineseTerracotta
14th-11th century BCEMycenaeanComposite ceramic
18th centuryBritishMolded gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
2nd-1st century BCEChineseGilt bronze, on ebonized wood socle
17th centuryItalianCopper alloy
8th-5th century BCEScythianElectrotype of gold original; repoussé
19th-20th centuryMycenaeanMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChinese