A RARE PAINTED MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE

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25.03.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 739 | A RARE PAINTED MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE
A RARE PAINTED MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE

NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577)

The stele is carved with a central standing bodhisattva with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and left hand lowered, flanked by a pair of attendants, and a further pair of bodhisattvas, all below two intertwined bodhi trees backing the figures. The stele is supported on a rectangular base, carved on the front with a censer flanked by a pair of attendants and a pair of lions.

13 in. (33 cm.) high, padauk stand







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Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 23 November 1987.
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