Lot Essay
For a stone stele with an identical front in the Henan Provincial Museum, see Saburo Matsubara, Chuugoku Bukkyo Chokokushi Ron (The Path of Chinese Buddhist Sculpture), Tokyo, 1995, vol. II, pp. 379-381
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A NORTHERN QI STYLE INSCRIBED BRONZE BUDDHIST STELE
Of rectangular shape with arched top and raised on a spreading rectangular base, the front cast in high relief with four horizontal registers depicting Buddhist scenes, the reverse with seven low relief registers, each divided into numerous scenes from the life of Buddha above a lengthy inscription
11 1/8in. (28.1cm.) high, box
Of rectangular shape with arched top and raised on a spreading rectangular base, the front cast in high relief with four horizontal registers depicting Buddhist scenes, the reverse with seven low relief registers, each divided into numerous scenes from the life of Buddha above a lengthy inscription
11 1/8in. (28.1cm.) high, box