Object Details
- Description
- A miniature stele with relief carving on the front and engraved inscription on the back. The front depicts a rectangular niche beneath an elaborate canopy or curtain. The canopy has side streamers that consist of tassels and decorations that are presumably jade ornaments. Inside the niche, a seated figure leaning on an armrest is posed on a high pedestal, at the foot of which two lions appear flanking an incense burner. The figure--presumably the Daoist deity, Laojun, is capped, bearded, and with raised right hand holding a zhuwei. He has a double nimbus. Two standing attendants who hold hu tablets are on either side.
- Inscriptions
- Inscription: "In the nineteenth day of the sixth moon of the second year of Tianhe (567), daomin Zhi Yuanzun made a Laojun image, for the benefit of his late parents."
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Credit Line
- Acquired under the guidance of the Carl Whiting Bishop expedition
- 567
- Period
- Northern Zhou dynasty
- Accession Number
- FSC-S-48
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 16.8 x 12.2 x 6.1 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 x 2 3/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- Daoism
- lion
- incense
- Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
- China
- halo
- Laojun
- Chinese Art
- Carl Whiting Bishop collection
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-S-48
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye379b80084-8658-460d-8ab6-50f7463c3829
