Large stele in white marble with a light ochre patina

Important stele in white marble with a slightly ochre patina, sculpted with a Bodhisattva seated in dhyanasana in a niche surmounted by an arcature-shaped lintel supported by two hexagonal columns with lotiform capitals and bases. The deity, adorned with scarves and jewels, is wearing a high bun encased in a diadem. Her right hand, resting on the hollow of her legs, holds a lotus bud or the sacred jewel. The upper part of the arcature was probably decorated with apsara.

H. 53 cm – W. 46 cm

(Missing, notably the central and right part of the arcature, and the Bodhisattva’s left hand).

Reproduced in :

D. Lion-Goldschmidt and J.-C. Moreau-Gobard, Arts de La Chine, Fribourg, 1960, pl. 114, pp. 256-257.