550 - 577
33 x 24 x 11 cm (13 x 9 7/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
White marble with polychromy. Probably from Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseBuff sandstone with traces of gesso and pigment; Yungang style
5th-6th centuryChineseBronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 587
6th centuryChineseMolded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLimestone with polychromy and gilding
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 548
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChinese