Qianlong period, 1736-1795
H. 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
Gilt bronze with traces of black pigment (black lacquer?) in the hair
18th-19th centuryChineseCast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments
18th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze
17th-18th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain, "famille jaune" type: porcelain with decoration painted in overglaze yellow, green, and aubergine enamels
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively
18th centuryChineseStone, perhaps steatite, with grayish brown coating and dark brown spots
18th-19th centuryChinesePale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings
18th-19th centuryChineseYellowish green nephrite with caramel-brown skin in localized areas
18th centuryChineseGilt bronze
17th-18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite, with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor on the reverse
18th centuryChineseDehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with clear glaze; with incised mark reading "He Chun" on the base
18th centuryChinese