7th-mid 6th century BCE
18 x 3.6 cm (7 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Joseph Ternbach, Forest Hills, NY, (by 1982). [Royal Athena Gallery, New York, (1989-1890)] and Sol Rabin, Beverly Hills, CA (1989-1990), gift; to The Harvard University Art Museums.
Clay, unfired
Central AsianMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
7th centuryChineseMedium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianStone
14th centuryNetherlandishBronze
20th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
Unidentified culturePigmented beeswax with natural resin, oil painting on copper support, glass, plant fiber, paper, and wooden frame with metal inlay and hardware
17th centuryItalianBronze
19th centuryUnidentified cultureLimestone, micrite
13th centuryFrenchLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
8th centuryChineseTerracotta