first half 8th century
H. 49.8 x L. 53.3 cm (19 5/8 x 21 in.)
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
1st century BCEChineseStone
ChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseCloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining
18th-19th centuryChineseGrayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze, Ordos type. From Northwestern China.
5th century BCEChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with decoration cold painted in mineral pigments
2nd century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze; Gandhara type
3rd-4th century CEChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with slight traces of cold-painted pigment
1st-3rd century CEChineseGray limestone with traces of pigment; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese