SculptureChinese6th century
Recumbent Sheep with Curving, Twisted Horns
first third 6th century
Dimensions
8 x 10.5 x 5 cm (3 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Related Artworks
View MoreSculpture
Two Standing, Braying Camels, One Buff, One White, Their Backs Laden with Goods
Unknown Artist, 550 - 577
Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Head of a Buddha
Unknown Artist, late 5th - early 6th century
Sandstone; Yungang style
5th-6th centuryChineseSculpture
Standing Male Figure Wearing a Cape, from the tomb sculpture set: Two Standing Male Figures, Each Wearing a Triple-Peaked Hat with Protective Neck Flap, One Figure Wearing a Cape, His Hands at His Side, and the Other with His Right Arm Raised, His Left at His Side
Unknown Artist, 550 - 577
Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Flying Apsaras Holding a Bowl
Unknown Artist, 534-550
Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Elderly Disciple Holding a Censer (probably Kasyapa)
Unknown Artist, 534-550
Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Small Stele with Seated Bodhisattva, Perhaps Maitreya, Flanked on Either Side by a Bodhisattva Standing on a Lion and Surrounded at the Top by three Buddhas, with Twenty-Nine Seated Buddhas on the Reverse
Unknown Artist, first half 6th century
Gray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Head of a Buddha
Unknown Artist, first quarter 6th century
Light gray limestone with pigments over a gesso ground; possibly from Longmen
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Flying Apsaras Playing a Lute (Pipa)
Unknown Artist, 534-550
Stone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Standing Monk (Bhiksu)
Unknown Artist, c. 570
Gray stone, perhaps marble with polychromy over white ground
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Standing Buddha
Unknown Artist, second half 6th - early 7th century
Gilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseSculpture
Kneeling Apsaras Playing a Harp
Unknown Artist, first half 6th century
Gilt bronze
6th centuryChineseSculpture
Female Donor Offering a Lotus Blossom
Unknown Artist, early 6th century
Gilt bronze
6th centuryChinese