first half 8th century
each sculpture: 12 x 18.5 x 7.5 cm (4 3/4 x 7 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
White marble
8th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded buff earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigment
7th-8th centuryChineseLight gray limestone with traces of gesso and pigment; from Tianlongshan cave 17, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
8th centuryChineseMolded, reddish buff earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments over white ground
8th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
8th centuryChineseMolded white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseLight gray sandstone with traces of polychromy; from north wall of Tianlongshan Cave 21, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
8th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with ead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glaze over stamped decoration
8th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes, the unglazed portions with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinese