Beschreibung:

A Rare Grey Stone Stele of Buddha and a Bodhisattva Eastern Wei Dynasty Each shown standing on a petal-carved socle in front of the remains of a large mandorla , Buddha with a petal-carved halo behind his head shown with left hand in varamudra and right hand in abhayamudra , the bodhisattva holding the remains of an object in each hand, the petal-shaped mandorla behind his head pushed forward by a flower bud borne on a thick stem, and the socle on which he stands rising from two naked seated figues supported on lotus stems issuing from a bowl tilted forward by a descending dragon 34in. (86.4cm.) high, stand