first third 6th century
32.5 x 9.5 x 6 cm (12 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Marble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted polychrome pigments on a white ground
6th centuryChineseSandstone; Yungang style
5th-6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseBrick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province
4th-6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseBuff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.
5th-6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChinese