Period:Han dynasty Production date:3rdC-4thC
Materials:wood, 木 (Chinese),
Technique:carved, 雕刻 (Chinese),
Subjects:stupa
Dimensions:Height: 51.50 centimetres Width: 11.80 centimetres
Description:
Wooden model of a stupa, or stupa finial. The base is rectangular, followed by a straight part separated by ring mouldings. The object ends in five umbrella-shaped sections and a rounded top.
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![图片[1]-stupa; model; 佛塔(Chinese); stupa-finial BM-MAS.706-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/43/mid_01146403_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-stupa; model; 佛塔(Chinese); stupa-finial BM-MAS.706-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/43/mid_01146406_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-stupa; model; 佛塔(Chinese); stupa-finial BM-MAS.706-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Han dynasty/43/mid_00009326_002.jpg)
Comments:Zwalf 1985This wooden ‘stūpa’ finial, unmistakably Buddhist, is among many architectural pieces found in ruined structures at the ancient site of Loulan near the dried-up salt lake of Lopnor. Documents on wood in Chinese and ‘Kharoṣṭhī’ script dated between AD 264 and 270 were found in the refuse of a Chinese administrative station near by (Loulan VI). Early in the 4th century the site and route across the desert through Loulan were abandoned. Relics like this ‘stūpa’ finial, and a beam carved with seated Buddhas, found by Sven Hedin, are therefore among the earliest surviving evidence for the spread of Buddhism into China.
Materials:wood, 木 (Chinese),
Technique:carved, 雕刻 (Chinese),
Subjects:stupa
Dimensions:Height: 51.50 centimetres Width: 11.80 centimetres
Description:
Wooden model of a stupa, or stupa finial. The base is rectangular, followed by a straight part separated by ring mouldings. The object ends in five umbrella-shaped sections and a rounded top.
IMG
Comments:Zwalf 1985This wooden ‘stūpa’ finial, unmistakably Buddhist, is among many architectural pieces found in ruined structures at the ancient site of Loulan near the dried-up salt lake of Lopnor. Documents on wood in Chinese and ‘Kharoṣṭhī’ script dated between AD 264 and 270 were found in the refuse of a Chinese administrative station near by (Loulan VI). Early in the 4th century the site and route across the desert through Loulan were abandoned. Relics like this ‘stūpa’ finial, and a beam carved with seated Buddhas, found by Sven Hedin, are therefore among the earliest surviving evidence for the spread of Buddhism into China.
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