1772-1788
3.5 x 2.7 x 1 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Mrs. A. D. Hurd, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.
Chiselled bronze plated with gold
20th centuryAmericanLimestone
4th-1st century BCEEgyptianTerracotta with remains of gilding and metallic paint
17th centuryItalianBronze with bright green over brown and black patina
19th centuryFrenchLeaded bronze
4th-3rd century BCEGreekBronze, on ebonized wood socle
15th-16th centuryItalianBrown-surfaced iron or steel with applique gold eyes and tongue; with incised inscription beneath the snake's jaw
19th-20th centuryJapaneseFiberglass-resin over steel mounted on an aluminum base
20th centuryAmericanWood
3rd millennium BCEEgyptianStucco with traces of polychromy; Gandharan style, perhaps from Hadda, Afghanistan
3rd-4th century CEAfghanMedicinal soil in paper bag, sealed, inscribed in ink, stamped
20th centuryGermanMarble
19th centurySwiss