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Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, One Holding a Processional Censer, the Other Two Each Holding a Lotus Bud

Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, One Holding a Processional Censer, the Other Two Each Holding a Lotus Bud

Chinese

Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper right. The leading figure holds a long-handled censer, the other two holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (east wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.

Sandstone with traces of pigment; from Tianlongshan Cave 3, near Taiyuan, Shanxi province

Eastern Wei, 534-550

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