2nd Millennium BCE
8.3 x 2.4 x 2.5 cm (3 1/4 x 15/16 x 1 in.)
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Light gray limestone with traces of gesso and pigment; from Tianlongshan cave 17, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
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