early 11th-late 6th century BCE
5.1 x 6.3 cm (2 x 2 1/2 in.)
[Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, June 8, 1984, lot 58]. Nanette B. Rodney Kelekian, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1995.
Fine grained, very dark gray phyllite; from Northern Bengal
12th centuryIndianTerracotta
17th centuryItalianSun-dried clay with polychrome pigments
Central AsianClay with paint
11th-10th century BCEEgyptianDark orange soft terracotta
6th century BCEGreek
Bronze
20th centuryGermanWhite marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: molded brick-red earthenware with much degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseMarble
19th centuryAmericanCopper
2nd millennium BCESyro-Hittite
Bronze
20th centuryAmericanLight gray stone, probably limestone, with traces of pigments and gilding
7th centuryChinese