Monks make stone images

[Monk’s Stone Making Thought Image]

Monk’s Stone Making Thought Image, Northern Qi Dynasty, residual height 30 cm
The Thoughtful Bodhisattva has a beautiful and elegant face, wears a trefoil crown on his head, is tied with precious silk, has a silk belt hanging down on his shoulder, and has a necklace on his chest. He sits on a round hoof with half open arms, and the left and right dragon trees and the flanks are incomplete. The outer side of the base is Lux, the middle is the boy holding the stove, and the two lions are between the boy holding the stove and the standing Lux outside. The bottom of the seat is hollowed out, and the lion and other images are openwork. The inscription on the back of the pedestal reads: “On February 8, the fifth year of Tianbao, the monks of the monks of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the nuns of the