15th-19th Century
H. 61.5 x W. 40 x D. 18 cm (24 3/16 x 15 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
Grenville L. Winthrop purchased from Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, June 1916
Molded white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
8th centuryChineseMolded pinkish-buff earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseLimestone; from central pillar of North Cave, northern Xiangtangshan Caves, Wu'an, Hebei province
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, buff earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCEChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseGray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
7th centuryChineseCast bronze (with much deteriorated lacquer coating and gilding). Sino-Tibetan style.
16th-17th centuryChineseMedium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChinese