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Sakyamuni Stele with enthroned Buddhas and attendant
Dated to 540 bodhisattvas and monks
Eastern Wei dynasty (534-550) Dated to 559
Northern Qi dynasty (550-577)
Sandstone; h. 35 cm
Limestone; h. no x w. 58.5 x d. 10 cm
Unearthed in 1954 at the Huata Temple site.Taryuan, Unearthed in 1963 in Xiangcheng county, Henan Province
Shanxi Province Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou
Shanxi Provincial Museum, Taiyuan

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