A GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE

Los 738
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 17 640
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ID 718892
Los 738 | A GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
A GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE

EASTERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 534-550), DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 4TH YEAR OF TIANPING, CORRESPONDING TO AD 537

The stele is carved in high relief with the Buddha standing on a lotus base above two lions, with the right hand held in abhayamudra and the left hand in varadamudra, flanked by two bodhisattvas and with an apsara in flight above. The reverse is carved with a lengthy dedictory inscription.

11 5⁄16 (28.7 cm.) high, Japanese wood box







Provenance

In Japan prior to 1966.





Literature

Saburo Matsubara, Chugoku bukkyo chokokushi ron (The Path of Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 1, Early Six Dynasties, Tokyo, 1995, p. 248, fig. b.

Saburo Matsubara, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Tokyo, 1966, p.106, fig. c.





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