first half 6th century
H. 74.8 x W. 42 x D. 20.3 cm (29 7/16 x 16 9/16 x 8 in.)
Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseStone with traces of polychromy; purportedly from the Tianlongshan Caves, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments
6th centuryChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded medium gray earthenware
3rd-7th centuryChineseLead-glazed ware: molded, buff earthenware with medium-green, lead-fluxed glaze; cold-painted pigments over localized unglazed areas
6th-7th centuryChineseProbably gray limestone with traces of pigment and accretions; Longmen style
6th centuryChinese