[The statue of Sakyamuni made by Fan Baoyi and others]
The statue of Sakyamuni made by Fan Baoyi and others was in the first year of Yong’an in the Northern Wei Dynasty (528), with a residual height of 49 cm and yellow stone.
Sakyamuni bun has a round face, beautiful eyebrows, large ears, cassocks on the outside, monks on the inside, dauntless seals on the hands, and willing seals on the hands, and sits with folded arms. The cassocks hang down in front of the pedestal. Flame pattern backlight, head light relief double lotus petals, exterior decoration string pattern. Rectangular stone base, The vow is engraved on the four sides of the seat and the side of the backlight: “On the 23rd of December, the first year of Yong’an’s life, the Buddha disciples Fan Baoyi, Fan Lingyi, and Fan Shuyi were worshipped as the emperor and their dead parents to build a jade Sakyamuni statue area. Fu Linggen, who was born in Miaomiao, could not know its source unless he was clever enough to understand it. To the end of the way, there was no way to capture its interest unless it was quiet enough to reach the mystery… Fu Yuan, who was the size of the door, was dependent on the fate of his family, kept the heart of no retreat, honored the main cause of the day, went out of the great hardship of life, and entered into the great joy of life County. ” It is rare to have such a long vow on a smaller single statue