Pair of Guardian Creatures with Spiked Spines, One with a Human Face, One with a Feline Face

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment

Gray stone, perhaps marble with polychromy over white ground

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

Carved stone with traces of pigment. Probably from Shandong province

Marble with polychromy

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

Carved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Sandstone; from niche outside of Yungang Cave 16, Shanxi province

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

White marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.

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

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