Guardian Creature with Human Face, from the tomb sculpture set: Pair of Guardian Creatures with Spiked Spines, One with a Human Face, One with a Feline Face

Marble with polychromy

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

Bronze; with inscription on the stand dated to 587

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

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Limestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.

Buff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Molded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments

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

Brick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province

Lead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas