CARVED STATUETTE IN BUDDHIST ROBE WITH FO CHARACTE R ON CROWN

Pale, greenish white nephrite with caramel markings

Gilt bronze

Cast bronze with localized areas of cold gilding and red and blue pigments

Gilt bronze with blue and orange pigments highlighting the deity's hair and the lion's mane respectively

Yellowish green nephrite with caramel-brown skin in localized areas

White nephrite shading to caramel brown over much of the surface

Molded porcelain with pale bluish glaze

Cloudy sea-green nephrite with rust-brown staining

Ying stone: black limestone with veins of white calcite. From Yingde, Guangdong province.

Grayish white nephrite with dark brown mottling

Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze

Dehua ware (so-called "Blanc de Chine"): molded porcelain with ivory-hued glaze; with underglaze four-character seal mark impressed into the back