first half 4th century BCE
6.8 x 2.1 cm, 26.16 g
Ritsos Collection. David M. Robinson, Baltimore, MD, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.
Lead
Steel, jade
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20th centuryChineseBronze
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3rd millennium BCEIndian