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Votive offering of Daoist Trinity

Chinese
Sui dynasty
Dated June 3, 589

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions 30.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number07.740
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsSculpture

Inscriptions"...the Daoist layman...respectfully had one stone statue made on behalf of his deceased parents. He wishes that seven generations of [his] ancestors, men and women, his parents who gave birth to him, all his living relative, and all living beings may always meet with good fortune."
ProvenancePurchased in China by Mr. Okakura in 1907