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.
Gilt bronze
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze; with spurious inscription on pedestal and on back of the halo
6th-7th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseCarved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseWhite marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseYellow stone with brown markings
1st millennium CEChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseGray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese