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.

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

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.

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