This substantial older hand-carved sculpture with a sensual carving of a large central Buddha and eleven smaller, connected Buddhas comes from a fifty year old Chinese antique stone collection formed in the 1970s-1980s. We are offering the last works from this one of a kind group and all date to the 1920s-1940s.

China, a fine old hand-carved round top sculptural limestone panel fragment featuring 12 Buddhas – all connected- carved in relief within a grotto. This substantial, rarely found stone hand carving was likely a private family ornament for a private and special Buddhist garden.

On reverse we find ample evidence of extensive hand carving from an original marble slab and appropriate to the substantial age of this sculpture.

This work of art in all its splendor would make a fine indoor or garden presentation and choice.

Dimensions: 13 inches high and 15.5 inches wide

Provenance: Coming from an old Beijing collection assembled in the 1970s-1980s.

About the Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism has shaped Chinese culture in a wide variety of areas including art, politics, literature, philosophy, medicine, and material culture.
The translation of a large body of Indian and Nepalese Buddhist scriptures into Chinese and the inclusion of these translations together with works composed in China into a printed canon had far-reaching implications for the dissemination of Buddhism throughout the Chinese cultural sphere, including Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands and Vietnam. Chinese stone carvings are among the impressive artistic evidence of the regional spread of this great culture.