mid to late 6th century BCE
20 x 10 x 2.5 cm (7 7/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 in.)
Art market, 1937. Jacob Hirsch, sold, 1941; to Frederick M. Watkins, New Haven, CT, bequest; to the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1972.
Copper alloy
4th century BCEGreekCast bronze with integrally cast auspicious inscription
2nd-1st century BCEChineseBronze, one side with traces of gilding
1st century BCE-2nd century CERomanCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseCast bronze
12th-14th centuryKoreanCast bronze
7th-8th centuryChineseOpaque and semi-opaque watercolor on prepared pasteboard under varnish
18th-19th centuryCast bronze with gilding
1st-3rd century CEChineseCast bronze
8th centuryChineseCast bronze
1st-3rd century CEChineseCast bronze; with localized areas of parcel gilding and dated inscription
9th centuryChinese