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

Standing Buddha, Northern Wei pd. (477), gilt-bronze. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

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

Altarpiece, Northern Wei pd. (524), gilt bronze. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Colossal Seated Buddha, Yungang caves, Cave 20, Near Datong, Shanxi. Northern Wei pd. (ca. 460 AD), sandstone.

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

Standing Buddha and attendant bodhisattvas, side wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves near Luoyang, Henan. Northern Wei pd. first quarter of 6th c., limestone.

Emperor and retinue as donors, from the front wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves, Northern Wei pd., first quarter of 6th c., limestone. Now in Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

Empress and retinue as donors, from the front wall of Binyang Cave of the Longmen Caves, Northern Wei pd. first quarter of 6th c., limestone. Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City.

Deer King jataka (det.), mural painting, Dunhuang Cave 257, Northern Wei pd., early 6th c.

Screen depicting exemplary women, Northern Wei pd., painted lacquer on wood, excavated from tomb of Sima Jinlong, dated 484, near Datong, Shanxi. H. 80 cm.

Sarcophagus of Lady Yuan, illustrating stories of famous filial sons, Northern Wei pd., ca. 522, limestone. Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. Rubbing of both long sides. 64x225 cm.

Sarcophagus of Lady Yuan, illustrating stories of famous filial sons, Northern Wei pd., ca. 522, limestone. Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City. Rubbing of detail of Dong Yong story.

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