34.29 x 20.32 x 25.4 cm (13 1/2 x 8 x 10 in.)
Cast bronze, Ordos type. From Northwestern China.
5th century BCEChineseMolded medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground (the drum made separately from the stand on which it rests)
2nd-1st century BCEChineseLight gray stone, probably sandstone. From the “Elephant Chapel,” Wangmugong Cave 王母宮石窟, Jingchuan, Gansu province.
ChineseGilt bronze
ChineseMolded, medium gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white ground
6th centuryChineseLimestone with polychromy and gilding
6th-7th centuryChineseGilt bronze
8th centuryChineseCopper
16th-17th centuryChineseSea-green nephrite with traces of pigment on the surface
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMolded, light gray earthenware with traces of cold-painted pigments and of gold leaf
6th centuryChineseEarthenware with green lead glaze
1st century BCEChinesePale greenish white nephrite with caramel-brown staining
19th centuryChinese