550 - 577
sculpture with attached circular base and tang (not visible): H. 103.5 x W. 25.4 x D. 14.6 cm (40 3/4 x 10 x 5 3/4 in.) display dimensions sculpture with separate lotus base): H. 110.5 x W. 27 x D. 26.7 cm (43 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseGray stone, perhaps marble with polychromy over white ground
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.
6th centuryChineseWhite marble with polychromy and traces of gilding
6th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseBrick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province
4th-6th centuryChineseGilt bronze; with spurious inscription on pedestal and on back of the halo
6th-7th centuryChinese