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.

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