A RARE INSCRIBED GILT-STONE 'BUDDHIST' TILE TANG DYNASTY, DATED TO THE 1ST YEAR OF THE YONGHUI PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 650) |

one side of the rectangular plaque carved and decorated with gilding with a scene of a Buddhist pantheon, portraying a central tiered stupa depicted with Shakyamuni and Prabhutaratna flanked by two figures, possibly guardians, below figures of deities, the lower edge with an inscription dating to the 1st year of the Yonghui period of the Tang dynasty (in accordance with 650).

A Japanese collection since the 1920s.

Ken Hisano, Nihon no Bijutsu Oshidashibutsu to Denbutsu [Japanese art repousse Buddhist images], no. 118, Tokyo, March 1976, p. 58, pl. 66.