6th-4th century BCE
4.2 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm (1 5/8 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Lime stucco with traces of color, from Hadda, Afghanistan
4th-5th century CEAfghan
Paint tipped monofilament on board which plugs in
20th centuryBelgianCast bronze; style of Angkor Thom
12th centuryKhmerMarble
3rd millennium BCECycladicWood; deep blue pigment applied to the background and to the inside of the shrine cover; blue pigment applied to the head
13th centuryJapaneseSancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed cobalt-blue glaze, the unglazed portions with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinese
Toned plaster
20th centuryFrenchPlaster
19th centuryItalianStone
ChineseTerracotta
Bronze
20th centuryAmericanPentelic marble; modern beard repaired with carrara marble
1st century BCE-1st century CERoman