150-50 BCE
7.6 cm (3 in.)
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Limestone, traces of paint
6th century BCECypriotLow-grade Attic marble
3rd-1st century BCEGreekBronze
1st century BCE-1st century CERomanMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinesebronze on marble
20th centuryAmericanGray schist; Gandharan style
4th-5th century CEGandharanIron
JapanesePlaster
RomanTerracotta, remains of white slip, traces of paint
4th-1st century BCEGreekTerracotta
5th-4th century BCEGreekBronze
20th centuryDeep yellow-brown, faintly translucent stone with cream-colored streaks
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChinese