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| Object Number: | 41-6-1 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Eastern Wei Dynasty (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | c. 548 CE |
| Early Date: | 528 |
| Late Date: | 568 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Limestone |
| Iconography: | Lion Lotus |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Ton Ying, 1941 |
Description
Rectangular limestone block. Obverse: Four seated human figures: the figure at the left has the head covered with an elephant head mask; the next, an animal head mask (the lower part not shown) is pushed up over the forehead; the head of the third figure is concealed by an animal head mask; the fourth holds a curved animal over his head, a figure with an animal head and a fish body. Reverse: two lions guarding the lotus which is suported by two small seated human figures. Each end: two seated human figures.
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