Head of a Buddha

Gilt bronze

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Off-white earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white slip (or white gesso?) ground in localized areas

Sancai ("three-color") ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed amber-yellow and emerald-green glazes, the unglazed portions with traces of cold-painted pigments

Lead-glazed funerary ware: brick-red earthenware with much degraded lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over molded, incised, and applique decoration

Sancai ("three-color") ware: molded pinkish white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green, caramel brown, and cobalt-blue glazes over a white-slip ground

Molded, white earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments

Bronze

Stone, perhaps steatite, with grayish brown coating and dark brown spots

Lead-glazed ware: molded, white earthenware with amber-brown, lead-fluxed glaze

Cloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining

Cold-painted funerary ware: molded medium gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments