mid 6th-late 6th century
H. 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseCarved stone with traces of pigment. Probably from Shandong province
6th centuryChineseWhite marble with polychromy. Probably from Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseLimestone with polychromy and gilding
6th-7th centuryChineseBrick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province
4th-6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese