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A RARE STONE BUDDHIST STELE
EARLY TANG DYNASTY, DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 664
A.D. AND OF THE PERIOD
The centre of the stele is carved with Buddha
Shyakyamuni seated on a lotus throne within a niche,
flanked his two disciples, Ananda and Kashyapa, as well
as a pair of bodhisattvas and a pair of kneeling attendants
representing the patrons. Set above the lintel of the niche
is the Shyakyamuni Buddha seated on a lotus base below
the bodhi trees, flanked by a double-headed dragon. The
lower section of the stele and the sides flanking the niche
are carved with a dated inscription.
29º in. (74.5 cm.) high, metal stand
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

PROVENANCE
Elegant House-Chinese Curious, Hong Kong,
1 February 1998
According to the inscription, the stele was commissioned
by Yang Faman for his deceased parents on the 29th day
of the 5th month of the jiazi wushen year, corresponding to
664 A.D. and of the period. Well preserved Buddhist steles
from this period are quite rare. Compare an early-Tang four-
sided stele with an inscription incorporating a date possibly
corresponding to the Xianheng reign (AD 670-674) of the
Gaozong Emperor of the Tang dynasty from the Fujita
Museum, sold at Christie’s New York, 15 May 2017, lot 530.

唐麟德元年 (664) 楊法滿石造像碑
來源
草雅居古美術，香港，1998 年 2 月 1 日

造像龕左右刻造像主姓名，下部陰刻縱線格，內刻發願文：
「（歲）次甲子五月戊申朔廿九日戊寅。夫至真寂寞，幽嘿
而難知應物，圦形逐群，機而現質。吹法蟸開聾鼓，耀智炬
而朗重昏代，號天人之師，時稱無上之士。佛弟子清信楊法
滿為亡夫、見存母等，發心敬造石像一區，舉高□尺八寸，
上為 皇帝，下為法界眾生，願超登靜土，面奉釋迦，見在回
親，同出若門，俱登彼岸。 」
碑上部造像龕左右兩側陰刻造像主姓名：
□德 □□□□
成□女子□妹妙滕□□兒
參考日本藤田美術館舊藏一方唐咸亨時期（670-674）的石
雕四面造像碑，其雕刻風格與此碑頗為類似，見紐約佳士得
2017 年 3 月 15 日，拍品 530 號。

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