Small Stele with Seated Bodhisattva, Perhaps Maitreya, Flanked on Either Side by a Bodhisattva Standing on a Lion and Surrounded at the Top by three Buddhas, with Twenty-Nine Seated Buddhas on the Reverse

Gilt bronze

Light gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.

Buff sandstone. From Yungang, Shanxi province.

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Brick-red clay with pigment. Reportedly retrieved from Mogao Cave 110, Dunhuang, Gansu province

Molded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment

Gilt bronze

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Limestone with polychromy and gilding

Sandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 2, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Molded, light gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments and of gold leaf

Carved stone with traces of pigment. Probably from Shandong province