Buddhist Stele, Amitabha Buddha and the Western Paradise

Buddhist Stele, Amitabha Buddha and the Western Paradise
Buddhist Stele, Amitabha Buddha and the Western Paradise
(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 view
Collections
Amitabha Buddha Triad
China
Tang dynasty, 658 CE
Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin
China
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Buddha Amitabha and His Paradise
Tibet
18th-19th century
Bodhisattva of Compassion, Guanyin
China
Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Archaic male head
Cypriot
550-500 BCE
Frieze with Buddha Offering Protection
India, Andara Pradesh
3rd century
Head
Maya
ca. 600-900 CE
Kneeling figure
Chalco
ca. 14th-early 16th century, Late Postclassic or modern forgery
Relief of Kha'emweset, son of pharaoh Ramses II
Egyptian
19th Dynasty, reign of Ramses II (1279-1213 BCE)
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