A STONE BUDDHIST STELE
A STONE BUDDHIST STELE
A STONE BUDDHIST STELE
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Chinese Art from the Collection of Dr. Hiroshi Horiuchi
A STONE BUDDHIST STELE

NORTHERN ZHOU DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 5TH YEAR OF TIANHE, CORRESPONDING TO AD 570

Details
A STONE BUDDHIST STELE
NORTHERN ZHOU DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 5TH YEAR OF TIANHE, CORRESPONDING TO AD 570
11 ¾ in. (29.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Private collection, Japan.
Matsubara Saburo (1918-1999) Collection.
Mayuyama, Tokyo.
Kitayama Fine Art, Tokyo.
Literature
Yamanaka & Co., Shina kobijutsu taikan (Comprehensive Review of Ancient Chinese Art), Osaka, 1924, cat. no. 132.
Matsubara Saburo, Zotei Chugoku Bukkyo Choukoku Shi Kenkyu (Chinese Buddhist Sculpture - A study based on bronze and stone statues other than works from cave temples), Tokyo, 1966, p. 190, (b).
Matsubara Saburo, Chugoku Bukkyo chokoku shiron (The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture), vol. 2, Tokyo, 1995, p. 365, a & b.
Exhibited
On loan: Fukuoka, Kyushu National Museum, August 2019-June 2023.

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