A RARE DATED LIMESTONE FOUR-SIDED BUDDHIST MEMORIAL PILLAR
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO 574, AND OF THE PERIOD
A RARE DATED LIMESTONE FOUR-SIDED BUDDHIST MEMORIAL PILLAR NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO 574, AND OF THE PERIOD Three sides carved with niches framing images of Buddha flanked by two standing bodhisattvas , on one side Buddha is seated on a pedestal throne above a cintamani flanked by kneeling figures, with two lions in a panel below, on the reverse Maitreya Buddha is seated on a throne below a draped canopy, with an inscription carved below, on one of the narrow sides Buddha is seated in padmasana , with right hand in abhaya mudra and left hand in bhumisparsa mudra , above another lotus plant and two kneeling figures, on the fourth side a bodhisattva stands between two monks below tree branches, the whole surmounted by a tiled roof 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high
A RARE DATED LIMESTONE FOUR-SIDED BUDDHIST MEMORIAL PILLAR
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO 574, AND OF THE PERIOD
A RARE DATED LIMESTONE FOUR-SIDED BUDDHIST MEMORIAL PILLAR NORTHERN QI DYNASTY, INSCRIBED WITH A DATE CORRESPONDING TO 574, AND OF THE PERIOD Three sides carved with niches framing images of Buddha flanked by two standing bodhisattvas , on one side Buddha is seated on a pedestal throne above a cintamani flanked by kneeling figures, with two lions in a panel below, on the reverse Maitreya Buddha is seated on a throne below a draped canopy, with an inscription carved below, on one of the narrow sides Buddha is seated in padmasana , with right hand in abhaya mudra and left hand in bhumisparsa mudra , above another lotus plant and two kneeling figures, on the fourth side a bodhisattva stands between two monks below tree branches, the whole surmounted by a tiled roof 33¼ in. (84.5 cm.) high
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