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A ‘HUANGHUASHI’ STONE STELE OF A 隋開皇十五年（590年） 黃花石雕佛三尊像龕
BUDDHIST TRIAD
SUI DYNASTY, DATED FIFTEENTH YEAR OF 銘文：
THE KAIHUANG PERIOD, CORRESPONDING TO 開皇十五年四月八□ 張孝□為男君鄉敬造玉像一□
590 兼師僧□母一切眾生

carved in high relief with a triad of deities framed within the 來源
stone niche, the central seated amitabha Buddha with two 日本私人收藏，東京，自1920年代起
bodhisattva figures, avalokiteshvara and mahastamaprapta,
on either side, the Buddha with the hands in varada mudra 出版
and abhaya mudra, above a lotus-petal base with traces of 松原三郎，《中国仏教彫刻史研究 : 特に金銅仏及び
applied polychrome, the sides and back of the stele neatly 石窟造像以外の石仏についての論考》，東京，1966
carved with a dedicatory inscription and date, the 15th year 年，圖版200b
of the Kaihuang period, corresponding to 590, wood stand,
Japanese box (4)
height 4¾ in., 12 cm

PROVENANCE
Japanese private Collection, tokyo, since the 1920s.
LITERATURE
saburo matsubara, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture: A study
based on bronze and stone statues other than works from
cave temples, tokyo, 1966, pl. 200b.
$ 50,000-70,000

the present lot illustrated in saburo matsubara, Chinese Buddhist
Sculpture: A study based on bronze and stone statues other than
works from cave temples, tokyo, 1966, pl. 200b.

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