second half 6th century
H. 13.2 x W. 4.3 x D. 2.5 cm (5 3/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
White marble; probably from Dingzhou, Hebei province
6th centuryChineseLimestone; from central pillar of North Cave, northern Xiangtangshan Caves, Wu'an, Hebei province
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted polychrome pigments on a white ground
6th centuryChineseBuff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.
5th-6th centuryChineseCarved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, buff earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseMedium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseBrick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province
4th-6th centuryChineseProbably gray limestone with traces of pigment and accretions; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
4th-6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with traces of cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChinese