second half of 6th century
130.8 x 39 cm (51 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)
Limestone; from central pillar of North Cave, northern Xiangtangshan Caves, Wu'an, Hebei province
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with lead-fluxed, hunter-green glaze
1st century BCEChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments, gold leaf, and oxidized silver leaf
8th centuryChineseLead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with applique elements and much degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze
1st-2nd century CEChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
8th-9th centuryChineseGilt bronze with settings for ornaments of stone or glass (now lost)
8th centuryChineseGilt bronze; possibly from Yunnan province
8th centuryChineseGilt bronze
16th-17th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseGrayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling
18th-19th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze; the striped trousers and the top of the hat unglazed with cold-painted pigments on the exposed body clay
7th centuryChinese