200-300 CE
14 x 11.2 x 17.2 cm (5 1/2 x 4 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Stone
ByzantineFaience
11th-10th century BCEEgyptianTerracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
5th-4th century BCEGreekPlaster
19th centuryItalianPlaster
Bronze, with black over brown patina
19th centuryFrenchCarved light green micaceous stone ("greenstone", "cultural jade")
10th centuryMixtecPlaster, toned, painted and gilt
19th-20th centuryAmericanTerracotta
RomanFaience with black bitumen inlay
3rd-2nd millennium BCESumerianWood, single-woodblock construction
10th centuryJapaneseMarble
6th-3rd century BCEEgyptian