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A RARE SMALL PALE GREY STONE BUDDHIST STELE NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577) The stele is well carved in high relief in the center with Buddha Sakyamuni flanked by two bodhisattvas
, the Buddha shown with its right hand in varada mudra and wearing simple clinging robes. The face is carved with serene expression and the hair is also simply indicated with curved outline and rounded usnisa. The socle on which the Buddha stands is clutched on the sides by one fore-claw of the flanking dragons, their bodies contorted and necks twisted around as lotus pods issue from their jaws to support the socles of the two bodhisattvas, one standing beneath an apsara playing a qin. 13? in. (35 cm.) high, stand