mid 6th century
Standing Buddhist figure with hands pressed together at chest level. From Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
H. 84 x W. 27 x D. 12 cm (33 1/16 x 10 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of pigment. From Gongxian, Henan province.
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of gilding and polychrome pigment
6th-7th centuryChineseLimestone with polychromy and gilding
6th-7th centuryChineseSandstone; Yungang style
5th-6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded light gray eartheware with traces of cold-painted pigments on a white ground
6th-7th centuryChineseCarved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese