130-60 BCE
14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Light wood on dark wood panel, in carved frame
19th-20th centuryAmericanSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with ead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glaze over stamped decoration
8th centuryChineseBone
RomanGilt bronze
TibetanLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChinesePlaster
20th centuryGermanClay, unfired
Central AsianGray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy
6th centuryChinese
Terracotta
20th centuryGermanSancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with clear and caramel-brown lead-fluxed glazes, and with traces of cold-painted pigments in localized areas
8th centuryChineseBronze with gilding
16th centuryItalianLime stucco with traces of color, perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
4th-5th century CEAfghan