early 8th century
Seated Buddha, both hands missing. From north wall of cave 21 at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province
H. 109.5 x W. 75 x D. 47 cm (43 1/8 x 29 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.) Weight 699 lb.
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, May 11, 1936] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1936-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Sancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with variegated, lead-fluxed clear, emerald-green, and caramel-brown glazes. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
9th centuryChineseCold-painted funerary ware: molded and carved white earthenware with applique elements and traces of cold-painted pigments
7th-8th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: molded pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green, caramel brown, and cobalt-blue glazes over a white-slip ground
8th centuryChineseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, amber-brown glaze
8th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments on white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseOff-white earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white slip (or white gesso?) ground in localized areas
8th centuryChineseLight gray sandstone with traces of polychromy; from north wall of Tianlongshan Cave 21, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
8th centuryChineseMolded white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChineseMolded light gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments over white ground
8th centuryChineseMolded, brick-red earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseMolded off-white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments on white ground
7th-8th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted pigments
8th centuryChinese