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Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele
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Sakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele

c. 565 BCE · Serpentinite

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineSakyamuni Preaching: A Votive Stele, c. 565 BCE. China, Northern Dynasties period (386–581 CE), Northern Zhou (557-581). Serpentinite; average: 13.7 x 9.9 x 5.3 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.561
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