Buddhist stele depicting debate between Weimo and Wenshu

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in New Light (April 14, 2002 to September 8, 2003)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  500s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Fly whisk, Weimo, Chinese Art, Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577), Wenshu, Monk, Lettering, Scepter

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese, Apsarases

• Object Type

  Sculpture