first third 6th century
H. 28 x W. 7 x D. 3.5 cm (11 x 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
Cold-painted funerary ware: molded gray earthenware with cold-painted pigments over white gesso ground
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with 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, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChineseGilt bronze
6th centuryChineseStoneware with celadon glaze
6th centuryChineseWhite marble. From Dingzhou, Hebei province.
6th centuryChineseSandstone; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMarble with polychromy
6th centuryChineseSandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province
6th centuryChineseMolded, gray earthenware with cold-painted pigment
6th centuryChinese