50 BCE
H. 5.1 cm (2 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).
Terracotta
Floral preservatives in paper pouch, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink
20th centuryGermanCopper
10th century BCEIranianHand- and mold-made terracotta
4th-2nd century BCEEtruscanAcrylic-altered cement and powdered pigment
20th centuryAmericanMarble
19th centuryAmericanMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseStone, fine grained marble
4th century CERomanTerracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
4th-1st century BCEGreekPolychromed wood
12th centuryFrenchBronze
19th centuryAmericanMolded black basaltes
18th centuryBritish