Resource Identifier:
10529

Subject & Keywords:
BUDDHIST STATUARY STELES

Description:
This image was made by Sun Ch'iu-sheng and Liu Ch'i-tsu together with some two hundred others. They asked in return for this deed "manifold blessings in this life." The names of the man who composed the text and the calligrapher are also recorded. This piece is an example of an image sponsored by a Buddhist society.

Date:
A.D.502,Northern Wei dynasty

Format:
Gross height 131.5,gross width 49.5 cm.

Coverage:
Excavated in Ku-yang cave,Lo-yang,Honan