Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)

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Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象),

550 (stone); late 19th–early 20th century? (rubbing)

Chinese
Eastern Wei dynasty, 534–550 CE
2002-354 a-d

Information

Title
Buddhist Pictorial Stele dedicated by Li Sengyuan (Li Sengyuan zaoxiang 李僧元造象)
Dates

550 (stone); late 19th–early 20th century? (rubbing)

Medium
Four sheets (unmounted); ink rubbings on paper
Dimensions
a: 123 x 43 cm. (48 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.) b: 123 x 43 cm. (48 7/16 x 16 15/16 in.) c: 123.5 x 33 cm. (48 5/8 x 13 in.) d: 123.5 x 33 cm. (48 5/8 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
2002-354 a-d
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Vertical seal on the back side of the rubbing near the titleslip reads "Wang Qingxiang, seller of calligraphies and model-books, residing at number 13, Xiaotiejiang alley" 王清祥發賣字帖住小鐵匠巷十三號
Culture
Chinese
Period
Eastern Wei
Type
rubbings
Subject
figures (representations), Buddhism, stelae

– Wang Qingxiang model-book store (China).
–2002 Private collection (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.

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