first third 6th century
23.5 x 6.5 x 7 cm (9 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze; with spurious inscription on pedestal and on back of the halo
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseMolded light gray eartheware with traces of cold-painted pigments on a white ground
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, buff earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseBuff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.
5th-6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChinese