Lot 3113
  • 3113

AN INSCRIBED LIMESTONE 'BUDDHIST TRIAD' VOTIVE STELE WUZHOU DYNASTY DATED 696 |

Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 HKD
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Description

  • 28.3 cm, 11 1/8  in.
the substantial boulder carved with an arched niche enclosing Buddha seated atop an elevated pedestal and flanked by two bodhisattvas, depicted with two pairs of kneeling figures flanking the tall stem of the pedestal, all resting atop a rectangular base incised with a dedicatory inscription dated to the first year of the Dazhou wansui dengfeng reign (in accordance with 696)

Provenance

A Japanese collection since the 1920s.