1st century BCE-first half 3rd century CE
h. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William de Forest Thompson, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.
Limestone
3rd millennium BCEMesopotamianBuff sandstone with traces of pigment; probably from the cave temples at Yungang, Datong, Hebei province
5th centuryChineseTerracotta
3rd-2nd century BCEGreekWood with traces of polychromy
12th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with caramel-brown staining
19th centuryChineseLead
2nd century BCERoman?Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLeaded bronze
2nd-3rd century CERomanBlue intaglio on white ground
18th centuryBritishCarved ivory
15th-17th centurySpanishMarble
19th centuryAmericanCopper
2nd millennium BCELevantine