2nd Millennium BCE
8.9 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm (3 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Plaster mounted onto an aluminum backing
20th centuryAmericanPolychromed and gilded wood
16th centuryGermanMolded earthenware with traces of polychromy
18th-19th centuryTibetanMarble
19th centuryAmericanLight gray limestone with traces of gesso and pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 17, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
8th centuryChineseTerracotta
5th century BCEGreekPlaster
19th centuryItalianBronze
20th centuryFrenchOne figure from the interior of a Buddhist shrine: gilt bronze with incised and repoussé decoration
14th centuryKoreanUnfired clay
1st century BCE-3rd century CEIndianPlaster
Sévres biscuit porcelain
18th centuryFrench