Gao Shiqing makes stone with double thoughts

[Gaoshi Qingzao Stone Twin Images]

Gaoshi Qingzao Stone Twin Images, the second year of Tiantong in the Northern Qi Dynasty (566), with a residual height of 37 cm and a width of 28.5 cm
The four-figure figure figure of the two disciples (disabled) of the double-thinking Bodhisattva is carved in openwork. Thoughtful Bodhisattva is in opposite posture, wearing a trefoil high crown, and his hair is shawled. Wear a beaded necklace, take off the upper body, wear a skirt, and hem the skirt. The outer leg is half open, the inner hand touches the foot, the inner leg steps on the small lotus platform, the outer hand rests on the knee, and the hand is disabled. The cloth is hung on both sides of the seat from the outside of the arm to the inside of the arm. The skirt hem is curved. Cylindrical bundle seat. There is a circular trace left on the outside of the Siwei Bodhisattva, which is supposed to be a disciple. The lower part is a rectangular base, with a platform left on the front. In the center is the Boshan stove carried by the earth god, and there is a lotus seat on both sides of the stove to transform the child. The outer side is the Dharmapala lion and Luxi. There are ink marks on the right side of the base. The text of the vow is engraved on the back of the base, saying, “On April 20, the second year of Tiantong, the Buddhist disciple Gao Shiqing shared his brothers and sisters, worshipped the deceased and the deceased and the deceased [brother] as their present relatives, and built the [white] jade statue area, wishing that the deceased and the deceased and the deceased brothers could live in the Pure Land, benefit the three disciples forever, and extend their life without any hardship, live in large and small families, and enjoy this blessing.”