Buddhist Stele, Amitabha Buddha and the Western Paradise
China
(Tang dynasty (618-906))
Buddhist Stele, Amitabha Buddha and the Western Paradise
DateTang dynasty, 697 CE
Mediumlimestone
Dimensionsobject: 50 × 32 × 8 1/2 in. (127 × 81.3 × 21.6 cm)
crate: 63 × 45 × 25 in. (160 × 114.3 × 63.5 cm)
weight (crate): 1178 lb. (534.3 kg)
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Bequest of Prynce Hopkins
Object number1970.39.5
Subject(s)
- Buddhism
- religion
- figure
- flower
- inscription
- animal
- dragon
- stelae
Collection
- Asian
Sub-Collection(s)
- Chinese
On View
Not on viewCollections
Japan
Edo period, 17th-18th century
Gandhara, modern-day Pakistan
late 1st-2nd century
Gandhara, modern-day Pakistan
late 1st century-early 2nd century
