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; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, brick-red earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
4th-6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseWhite marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone with faint traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChinese