Standing, Armor-Clad Guardian Warrior Wearing Pointed Boots and Helmet with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, His Left Hand Holding a Shield Embellished with an Animal Mask, His Right Hand Positioned to Hold a Lance or Spear

Gilt bronze

Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.

Limestone; from central pillar of North Cave, northern Xiangtangshan Caves, Wu'an, Hebei province

Medium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style

Lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with traces of cold-painted pigments over the glaze

Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground

White marble with polychromy. Probably from Dingzhou, Hebei province.

Medium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style

Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground

Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.

Gilt bronze

Stone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province