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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
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北魏孝昌四年（西元
A RARE AND FINELY CARVED
INSCRIBED PALE GREY STONE
BUDDHIST STELE
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED FOURTH
YEAR OF XIAOCHANG ERA, CORRESPONDING
TO C.E. 528 AND OF THE PERIOD

The large, thick petal-form stele is well carved in high
relief with Buddha Sakyamuni in the centre flanked by two
Bodhisattvas standing on lotus petal socles. The Buddha is
shown with his left hand in varada mudra and wearing long
layered robes with crisp parallel folds flaring out at the hem
above the under-robe just above the bare feet. The face is
年） carved with serene expression and his hair is pulled up and
528
dressed in undulating waves continuing over the usnisa.
The group is backed by an aureole intricately carved with
foliage and flames, with a lotus nimbus behind the Buddha.
石灰石 The two Bodhisattvas are depicted holding implements in
their hands, both standing beneath a carved apsara. The
back is carved with an inscription dedicated by a Buddhist
follower Zhang Yide, dated to the 11th day of the first month
三尊 of the fourth year of the Xiaochang era (528).
27 ⅜ in. (69.6 cm.) high, wood stand
HK$1,800,000-2,600,000 US$240,000-330,000
立像
PROVENANCE
Acquired from Wui Po Kwok Gallery, Hong Kong, 1999
來源
匯寶閣古美術，香港，1999 年入藏
銘文：「大魏孝昌四年，歲次戊申，正月己未朔十一日己巳，清信 inscription
士佛弟子張益德仰惟，福淺少離，覆育發無上願造像一軀，願令未 銘文
來世中，值遇父母兄弟善友，見今眷屬常與善會一切蒼生，咸同斯
福，所願如是。」

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