CARVED STATUETTE IN BUDDHIST ROBE WITH FO CHARACTE R ON CROWN

White nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface

Ying stone: black limestone with veins of white calcite. From Yingde, Guangdong province.

Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze; with underglaze four-character seal mark impressed into the back

Cloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining

Bronze and enamel

Stone, perhaps steatite, with grayish brown coating and dark brown spots

Molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze

Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments; with cast inscription at the front of base reading "Da Qing Qianlong nian jing zao"

Enameled porcelain: molded and assembled porcelain with decoration in overglaze polychrome enamels

Gilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively

Grayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling