first third 6th century
32.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm (12 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Yellow stone with brown markings
1st millennium CEChineseSandstone with faint traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted polychrome pigments on a white ground
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 centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded, light gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments and of gold leaf
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChinese