534-550
Standing figure of an elderly arhat (Kasyapa?) facing proper right, holding a long-handled censer in both hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (north wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
90.3 x 37.6 cm (35 9/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 1/19/1931] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1931-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Molded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseYellow stone with brown markings
1st millennium CEChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments; localized areas with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseWhite marble; probably from Dingzhou, Hebei province
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th-7th centuryChineseMolded light gray eartheware with traces of cold-painted pigments on a white ground
6th-7th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChinese