first third 6th century
9.5 x 12.5 x 4 cm (3 3/4 x 4 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMedium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded, light gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments and of gold leaf
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChinese