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A ‘HUANGHUASHI’ CARVED SHAKYAMUNI 北周保定元年（561年） 黃花石雕釋迦牟
STELE 尼佛五尊像
NORTHERN ZHOU DYNASTY, DATED
FIRST YEAR OF THE BAODING PERIOD, 銘文：
CORRESPONDING TO 561 保定元年歲次辛巳十二月癸酉朔十九日辛卯 弟子惠
空惠言二人減剖衣缽為上師造玉石像一軀二菩薩 華
the large central seated figure carved as the historical 天宛具又顛命遇師僧三鄣消除解脫萬苦□神□率面
Buddha shakyamuni, seated in dhyanasana with one bare 奉慈容常聞大業深悟無生內外卷屬常生淨土童真出
foot exposed above the heavy pleated robes, the hands in
varada mudra and abhaya mudra, the head ringed with a 家三界五道同若顛
foliate halo, a divine retinue carved in relief slightly behind
the Buddha, the loyal followers ananda and Kasyapa 來源
standing on either side, smiling and dressed in monk’s robes, 日本私人收藏，關西，得於1910年代
and beside a bodhisattva standing at either edge, crowned
and richly adorned, one with a necklace harness and holding
a bottle vase, the other with a ring pendant, the mandorla
with flames rising towards the apex, the whole raised on four
block legs, with neatly carved and margined inscriptions to
three sides, containing the date, first date of the Baoding
period, corresponding to 561, and pious dedications,
Japanese wood box (3)
height 16¼ in., 41.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Japanese private Collection, Kansai, acquired 1910s.
$ 300,000-500,000

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