early 20th century
Reproduction, in painted plaster, of an ancient Minoan limestone vessel in the shape of a triton shell from Knossos (Crete).
Carved stone with traces of pigment. Probably from Shandong province
6th centuryChineseTerracotta with red slip
3rd-1st century BCEEtruscanBronze
19th centuryUnidentified cultureWood; red pigment applied to the lower underskirt, earth-green pigment to the hair and back, and black to the eyes; wire halo
13th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
18th centuryGermanWood, multiple woodblock-construction; with lacquer-applied gold leaf, and with significant later re-working of the head, shoulders, arms, back, legs and proper left torso
15th centuryJapaneseGilt bronze
18th centuryFrenchWood box containing various archival materials
21st centuryPortugueseMarble from Greek island
1st century BCEGreekBronze; style of the Swat Valley, Pakistan
9th centuryPakistaniMarble, pigment
3rd millennium BCECycladic