first third 6th century
H. 28.3 x W. 7 x D. 4 cm (11 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
Medium gray limestone with traces of polychromy and gilding; Longmen style
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseSandstone; Yungang style
5th-6th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with straw-yellow, lead-fluxed glaze, and with cold-painted pigments over the glaze
6th-7th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseMolded dark gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware
3rd-7th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseWhite marble with polychromy and traces of gilding
6th centuryChinese