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Votive Stele

Early 500s
Artist/maker unknown, Chinese
Three standing Bodhisattvas appear on the front of this stele. Between them, tall lotus flowers holding small children symbolize the rebirth of souls in the Buddhist paradise. The names of donors are inscribed onto the lower sides and back.

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