Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Molded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseEarthenware with polychromy
13th-14th centuryChineseSancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with caramel-brown and emerald-green lead-fluxed glazes and with traces of cold-painted pigments on the unglazed areas
8th centuryChineseMolded, white earthenware with cold-painted black pigment
7th-8th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
ChineseWhite marble with traces of pigment and gilding
6th-7th centuryChineseMolded off-white earthenware with cold-painted pigments over thin white ground
7th centuryChinese'Sancai' ("three-color") ware: white earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green and amber-brown glazes over molded white earthenware
15th-16th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze and with traces of cold-painted red and black pigments over the glaze
7th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChinese