Seated Buddha (Sakyamuni), Northern Wei pd. (338 AD), gilt-bronze. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

Seated Buddha (Sakyamuni), main icon in Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves. Luoyang, Henan. Northern Wei pd., first quarter of 6th c., limestone.

Pair of seated Buddhas (of the Past & Present), Northern Wei pd. (518), gilt bronze. Musée Guimet, Paris. (example of "elongated" style)

Amitabha's Paradise, painted banner, from Dunhuang Cave 17 storeroom, late Tang, 9th c. British Museum.

Seated Buddha (Vairocana), Chief icon of the Fengxian temple at the Longmen Caves, near Luoyang, Henan, Tang dyn. (ca. 672), limestone.

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