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STÈLE EN PIERRE REPRÉSENTANT BOUDDHA Steles played an important role in the development of regional
Dynastie de Wei du Nord, datée de l’an Gengyin, IIIe année de l’ère religious art. During the Northern Wei dynasty, state-sponsorship
Yongping, correspondant à l’an 510 ap. J.-C., et de l’époque of Buddhism enabled the rapid spread of the religion throughout
northern China. At this time, Buddhist voluntary groups affiliated to
A STONE DOCUMENTARY STELE OF BUDDHA local temples and organised by laymen became the main patrons of
Northern Wei Dynasty, dated to the Gengin year, third year of Buddhist steles which commemorated the group’s religious, social,
Yongping, corresponding to 510 AD and of the period and territorial identity. The relative ubiquity of the medium employed
Of rectangular form, the front carved with a grotto enclosing Buddha to manufacture steles, and their small size, prompted a multitude of
seated on a stepped pedestal over a cascading hanging supported by regional workshops, many of which developed their own style using
a pair of Yaksha, flanked by two bodhisattvas, one holding an offering the monumental cave temple carvings as a basis.
and the other with its hands clasped in prana mudra, the reverse with
a smaller grotto enclosing seated Buddha above a lotus pedestal, with Compare with a related stele, Northern Wei dynasty, illustrated by
inscriptions around all sides except for the top and bottom, with traces O.Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Centuries,
of vermillion pigment. London, 1925, pl.128A and vol.I, p.33.
36.8cm (14 1/2in) high x 28.2cm (11 1/8in) wide x 11cm (4 5/16in) deep.
北魏永平三年 石雕佛龕
€3,000 - 5,000
來源：
Provenance: 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1935年前入藏
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

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