This substantial older hand-carved limestone sculpture with a prolific carving of the Buddha and his Classic attendants 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 medium scale fine old hand-carved limestone sculptural panel which features a cross legged seated Buddha with Classic attendant Bodhisattva and Lohan carved in relief within a grotto and surrounded above and to the sides by an intricately incised background of more attendants, disciples all located under a defined protective carved relief top structure of attendants and auspicious ornamentation. This substantial rectangular formed , rarely found stone ornament was likely a private family ornament and dedication for a private shrine or special Buddhist garden.

On the plainly carved reverse we find ample evidence of hand carving from a large original slab.

This work of art would make a Fine indoor or garden presentation and choice.

Dimensions: 12.5 inches high and 20 inches length

Provenance: Coming from an old Beijing collection assembled in the 1930s-1940s.

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.