A RARE CARVED MARBLE VOTIVE STELE FRAGMANT PROBABLY NORTHERN...

A RARE CARVED MARBLE VOTIVE STELE FRAGMANT PROBABLY NORTHERN QI DYNASTY 大理石飞天人物像摆件 或为北齐 The meaning of these steles is not fully understood but it is thought that they represent bodhisattvas seated in a paradise, possibly the Tushita Pure Land of the Bodhisattva Maitreya. The belief that every bodhisattva inhabits the Tushita Pure Land before his final rebirth on earth is found in several early texts that were influential in early Chinese Buddhist thought, raised on a modern metal stand 37cm wide PROVENANCE: A private collection from the North West of England, acquired in Hong Kong during the 1980s/1990s

Estimate:£200

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