A MARBLE PILLAR DEPICTING VARIOUS BUDDHIST FIGURES

Description:

China, inscribed, Northern Wei dynasty
H. 38,5 cm
The square -shaped pillar carved in deep relief with a Buddhist figure to each side, including Buddha Shakyamuni seated on a lotus base, his arms broken, flanked by a pair of bodhisattvas, a Buddha standing on a lotus base, arms similarly damaged and flanked by a pair of attendants, a bodhisattva standing on a lotus base and flanked by a pair of lehans and a bodhisattva seated on a throne placed on a lotus base and flanked by a pair of attendants and each placed in a shrine.
Old Nothern German private collection - Wear, chipped, traces of age