Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele

Date
c. 565 BCE
Medium
Serpentinite
Culture
China, Northern Dynasties period (386–581 CE), Northern Zhou (557-581)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
95011

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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. 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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Credit line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Provenance
?–1915: (John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1915–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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