first half 6th century
H. 12.0 x W. 7.4 x D. 3.5 cm (4 3/4 x 2 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Limestone with traces of gilding and polychrome pigment
6th-7th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseGray limestone with traces of pigment; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseProbably limestone
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseMolded light gray eartheware with traces of cold-painted pigments on a white ground
6th-7th centuryChinese