HEAD OF A TURBANED WOMAN

Stone

Marble with polychromy

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

Limestone; from central pillar of North Cave, northern Xiangtangshan Caves, Wu'an, Hebei province

Buff earthenware with modeled, applique and stippled decoration, the surface darkened in firing. Upper Yellow River Valley area; probably from Gansu or Qinghai province.

Yue ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised details. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

"Sancai" (three-color) ware: molded white earthenware with emerald green, caramel brown, amber yellow, and clear lead-fluxed glazes; unglazed areas with cold-painted pigments on a white ground

Lead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with degraded, opalescent, emerald-green, lead-fluxed glaze

Molded, medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments

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

Light gray limestone with traces of gesso and pigment; from Tianlongshan cave 17, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province