Dharani Pillar Inscribed with Buddhas and the "Usnisa-vijaya Dharani" (Foding zunsheng duoluoni jing)
Dharani Pillar Inscribed with Buddhas and the "Usnisa-vijaya Dharani" (Foding zunsheng duoluoni jing)

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Dharani Pillar Inscribed with Buddhas and the "Usnisa-vijaya Dharani" (Foding zunsheng duoluoni jing),

878 CE

Anonymous
Chinese
Tang dynasty, 618–907
1995-115

Information

Title
Dharani Pillar Inscribed with Buddhas and the "Usnisa-vijaya Dharani" (Foding zunsheng duoluoni jing)
Dates

878 CE

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Inscribed stone pillar
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 124.5 cm. (49 in.) Calligraphy (b): 98.1 x 92.2 cm. (38 5/8 x 36 5/16 in.) pillar: 125.5 × diam. 131 cm (49 7/16 × 51 9/16 in.) with base: 138.5 × 61 × 60 cm (54 1/2 × 24 × 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Freeman, Class of 1965, in honor of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1995-115
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
unsigned
Marks/Labels/Seals
dated 878 CE
Culture
Chinese
Type
sculpture
Subject
calligraphy (visual work)

–1995 James Freeman (Kyoto, Japan), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1995.

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