Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele
-560–-570
- Medium
- Serpentinite
- Dimensions
- Average: 13.7 x 9.9 x 5.3 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
China, Northern Dynasties period (386–581 CE), Northern Zhou (557-581)
About
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.