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A SMALL STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA A MARBLE BUDDHIST STELE
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-535)
5º in. (13.3 cm.) high, stone stand The inscription on the reverse incorporates a date, first year of the Taihe period,
corresponding to AD 477.
$5,000-7,000 14º in. (36.2 cm.) high
PROVENANCE: $10,000-15,000
Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959) Collection, New York, before
1922. PROVENANCE:
Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959) Collection, New York.

唐ǎ⊅雕ζ首 The inscription states three families from a nearby village provided
financial support for a Buddhist temple, the name of which is illegible, and
Ϝ源
commissioned the current stele.
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٫魏ǎ太和元年ǎ⊅雕ζ˕尊
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A SANDSTONE BUDDHIST STELE 7MBEJNJS (SFHPSJFWJUDI 4JNLIPWJUDI
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NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577)
碑文 ૯魏太和元年̣月十̩日西村寺Շ˕姓王馬任望寺૯ı王ıˏڈ˖為ⅴ帝४
10¿ in. (26 cm.) high 主碩此˕姓法₇已恒直バ聖見在家۴永善思Ս道合生同會花林香火ı義同姓ϭ養ζ
果ıııı門法雲 (reverse)
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Vladimir Gregorievitch Simkhovitch (1874-1959) Collection, New York, before
1922.

٫齊ǎ砂岩̣ζ˩ঙ造像碑
Ϝ源
7MBEJNJS (SFHPSJFWJUDI 4JNLIPWJUDI
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