6TH CENTURY
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A WHITE MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE
6th century
Depicting Sakyamuni Buddha seated on a raised platform in dhyanasana beneath the arch of a bodhi-tree, his right hand raised in abhayamudra, framed on either side by octagonal columns with a petal capital and foot, all resting on a large rectangular base relief-carved with a central lotus bud carried by a kneeling humanoid figure, between a pair of guardian lions and mourning disciples, traces of red pigment remaining on the reverse, cracks stabilised
15½in. (39cm.) high, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) wide
6th century
Depicting Sakyamuni Buddha seated on a raised platform in dhyanasana beneath the arch of a bodhi-tree, his right hand raised in abhayamudra, framed on either side by octagonal columns with a petal capital and foot, all resting on a large rectangular base relief-carved with a central lotus bud carried by a kneeling humanoid figure, between a pair of guardian lions and mourning disciples, traces of red pigment remaining on the reverse, cracks stabilised
15½in. (39cm.) high, 11¼in. (28.5cm.) wide