19th-20th century
39 x 29 x 22.5 cm (15 3/8 x 11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Descended in family. To Henry James II. His bequest to Harvard University, 1948.
Painted cardboard and tape with iron wire
20th centuryAmericanWood, single-woodblock construction; with traces of polychrome and lacquer-applied gold leaf
20th centuryJapaneseMarble
19th centuryAmericanGlazed Meissen porcelain
Americanperhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
3rd-4th century CEAfghanTerracotta with slip and pigment
5th-4th century BCEGreekBronze with black-brown patina
19th centuryItalianCast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments; with cast inscription at the front of base reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao"
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
20th centuryAmericanPlaster
4th century BCEGreek