2nd century BCE-early 1st century CE
9.7 x 4.7 x 2.5 cm (3 13/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 in.)
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA (by 1978), transfer; to the Fogg Museum.
Terracotta, mold made
5th century BCEGreek
Package of onion powder, inscribed in red fiber-tip ink, stamped
20th centuryGermanPlaster
20th centuryGermanTerracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
4th century BCEGreekTerracotta
8th century BCECypriotLight gray stone, probably sandstone, with traces of pigment. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
7th centuryChineseTerracotta
18th centuryItalianBronze, on ebonized marble base
16th centuryItalianSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
18th centurySwissLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with degraded, opalescent, emerald-green, lead-fluxed glaze
1st-2nd century CEChinesePink steatite
20th centuryKissi?