Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele
Unknown Artist
c. 565 BCE
Medium
Serpentinite
Dimensions
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Classification
Sculpture
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Accession Number
1915.561
About this artwork
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.