550 - 577
31 x 9 x 6.5 cm (12 3/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseMolded dark gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded light gray eartheware with traces of cold-painted pigments on a white ground
6th-7th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with traces of cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseBronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 587
6th centuryChineseWhite marble with polychromy and traces of gilding
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.
6th centuryChinese