Kneeling Apsaras Playing a Harp

Kneeling Apsaras Playing a Harp

Unknown Artist, first half 6th century

Gilt bronze

Standing Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin Pusa)

Unknown Artist, late 6th cent. - early 7th century

Gilt bronze; with spurious inscription on pedestal and on back of the halo

6th-7th centuryChinese

Unknown Artist, Northern Zhou, 557-581

Head of a Buddha

Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.

Bodhisattva Manjusri Seated Under a Canopy

Carved sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Standing Warrior Wearing Helmet with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, Cape, and Pointed Boots, His Hands Resting atop a Vertical, Sheathed Sword

Unknown Artist, first third 6th century

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments

Standing Male Figure with Arm Raised, from the tomb sculpture set: Two Standing Male Figures, Each Wearing a Triple-Peaked Hat with Protective Neck Flap, One Figure Wearing a Cape, His Hands at His Side, and the Other with His Right Arm Raised, His Left at His Side

Unknown Artist, 550 - 577

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment

Youthful Disciple (probably Ananda)

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Unknown Artist, 550 - 577

Head of a Buddha

White marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.

Jade Ornament of a Mythical Beast

Unknown Artist, date uncertain

Yellow stone with brown markings

1st millennium CEChinese

Flying Apsaras Holding a Bowl

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Small Stele with Seated Bodhisattva, Perhaps Maitreya, Seated before a Flaming Mandorla, with Thirty-Five Buddhas in Relief on the Reverse

Unknown Artist, first half 6th century

Gray limestone with traces of gesso and polychromy

Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, One Holding a Processional Censer, the Other Two Each Holding a Lotus Bud

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province