The relief sculpture is from Gongxian, a small site of five Buddhist cave-temples in Henan Province, in northern China. It was removed in the early part of the twentieth century and was in a private collection in Europe in the 1920s.展开全文
The jar made at northern Chinese kiln bears a geometric floral pattern that suggest a relationship to textile design. The pattern was paint with iron pigment over the coating of iron-rich glaze; the glaze fired to a black color while the pattern appear as a subtle russet hue.展开全文
