STÈLE EN PIERRE REPRÉSENTANT BOUDDHA Dynastie... Lot n° 231
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STONE STONE REPRESENTING BUDDHA
Northern Wei Dynasty, dated to the year Gengyin, 3rd year of the Yongping era, corresponding to the year 510 A.D, and thepoque
A STONE DOCUMENTARY STELE OF BUDDHA
Northern Wei Dynasty, dated to the Gengyin year, third year of Yongping, corresponding to 510 AD and of the period
Of rectangular form, the front carved with a grotto enclosing Buddha seated on a stepped pedestal over a cascading hanging supported by a pair of Yaksha flanked by two bodhisattvas, one holding an offering and the other with its hands clasped in prana mudra, the reverse with a smaller grotto enclosing seated Buddha above a lotus pedestal, with inscriptions around all sides except for the top and bottom, with traces of vermillion pigment. 36.8cm (14 1/2in) high x 28.2cm (11 1/8in) wide x 11cm (4 5/16in) deep.
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Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Steles played an important role in the development of regional religious art. During the Northern Wei dynasty, state-sponsorship of Buddhism enabled the rapid spread of the religion throughout northern China. At this time, Buddhist voluntary groups affiliated to local temples and organized by laymen became the main patrons of Buddhist steles which commemorated the group's religious, social, and territorial identity. The relative ubiquity of the medium employed to manufacture steles, and their small size, prompted a multitude of regional workshops, many of which developed their own style using the monumental cave temple carvings as a basis.
Compare with a related stele, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated by O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Centuries, London, 1925, pl.128A and vol.I, p.33.
北魏永平三年 石雕佛龕
來源:
巴黎Robert Rousset(1901-1981)舊藏,於1935年前入藏
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset(1936-2021)舊藏
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