mid 5th-3rd century BCE
8.8 x 6 x 5.5 cm (3 7/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 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).
Bronze
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18th centuryChineseMetal
20th centuryGerman