mid 7th-late 1st century BCE
10.4 cm (4 1/8 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).
Clay, unfired
Central AsianPlaster
20th centuryRomanOne figure from the interior of a Buddhist shrine: gilt bronze with incised and repoussé decoration
14th centuryKoreanPlaster
20th centuryGermanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekGilt bronze
18th centuryFrenchPlaster
3rd-2nd century BCEEgyptianLeaded bronze; lost-wax cast
10th centuryChineseBronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 587
6th centuryChinesePlaster
19th centuryItalianLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with amber-brown, lead-fluxed glaze
8th centuryChineseCopper alloy
8th century BCEGreek