WEI DYNASTY, DATED TIAN PING SAN NIAN, CORRESPONDING TO 537 AD.
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*A BLACK STONE (QINGSHI) BUDDHIST WALL TABLET FRAGMENT
Wei Dynasty, Dated Tian Ping San Nian, Corresponding to 537 AD.
The fragmentary square tablet with twelve remaining vertical lines of inscription which include the date, each character within a lightly incised square, characteristic of this type of tablet, a small recessed arched niche in the upper left quadrant with a carved relief figure of the seated Buddha, the outer edges of the tablet roughly hewn
13 x 13in. (33.6 x 33cm.), wood frame
Wei Dynasty, Dated Tian Ping San Nian, Corresponding to 537 AD.
The fragmentary square tablet with twelve remaining vertical lines of inscription which include the date, each character within a lightly incised square, characteristic of this type of tablet, a small recessed arched niche in the upper left quadrant with a carved relief figure of the seated Buddha, the outer edges of the tablet roughly hewn
13 x 13in. (33.6 x 33cm.), wood frame
Provenance
Collection of Tonying & Co., Inc., sold Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, April 14/15th, 1954, Lot 333