Finial in the Form of a Dragon Head

Gilt bronze

Lead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze, the head, hands, and trouser legs unglazed, with cold-painted pigments on the exposed body clay

Molded white earthenware with cold-painted pigments, gold leaf, and silver leaf

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

Molded, brownish gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

Gilt bronze

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

Wood-fired stoneware

Sancai ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with ead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glaze over stamped decoration

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

Plaster

Cloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining