2nd century BCE
13.8 x 6 cm (5 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Hollow dry lacquer
20th centuryJapaneseCast metal, perhaps bronze or pewter
ChineseTerracotta; buff clay, traces of white slip; pink, blue, and red paint
5th century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekSteel damascened with gold
19th centuryPersianCopper
2nd millennium BCESyro-HittiteTerracotta
Lime stucco with traces of color, from Hadda, Afghanistan
4th-5th century CEAfghanCast iron
20th centuryGermanPolychromed ivory with traces of gilding
17th centuryHispano-PhilippineGlazed Meissen porcelain
Copper alloy
8th-7th century BCEGreek