mid 7th-late 1st century BCE
6.4 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1 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).
Light gray stone, probably phillite
2nd century CEGandharanMixed copper alloy
1st-3rd century CERomanPlaster, gilded
20th centuryAmericanMarble
19th centuryAmericanStone
Plaster, gilt and toned
19th-20th centuryAmericanLimestone
8th-7th century BCEEgyptianMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with degraded, opalescent, emerald-green, lead-fluxed glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseMarble
2nd century CERomanPlaster
19th centuryItalian