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Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele
Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele
c. 565
Serpentinite
Average: 13.7 x 9.9 x 5.3 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.561
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Originally the figures and background were painted; traces of red and black remain. The figures’ clothing and some exposed skin were gilded.
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The stele shows the historic Buddha Sakyamuni preaching, his lotus throne being flanked by lions, two attendants, and two disciples. There is a date and inscriptions on both sides of the stone.
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