1st century CE
6.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with degraded, opalescent, emerald-green, lead-fluxed glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze, the unglazed portions with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinese
steel, 2 pieces
20th centuryAmericanGilt bronze; assembled from six separate pieces
19th centuryTibetanBrick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province
4th-6th centuryChineseCrystalline Greek marble, probably from the Greek islands
1st century BCEGreekLeaded brass
Unidentified centuryRoman
Welded steel
20th centuryAmericanLeaded bronze
5th century BCEEtruscan
Plaster with wood base
20th centuryAmerican