CARVED STATUETTE IN BUDDHIST ROBE WITH FO CHARACTE R ON CROWN

Gilt bronze with traces of black pigment (black lacquer?) in the hair

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

Pale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse

Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments

Enameled porcelain, "famille jaune" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and aubergine enamels

Gilt bronze and rock crystal

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

White nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface