c. 570
H. 90 cm (35 7/16 in.)
Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseLimestone with traces of gilding and polychrome pigment
6th-7th centuryChineseWhite marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseProbably limestone
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseYellow stone with brown markings
1st millennium CEChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
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, buff earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChinese