{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O34032"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O34032/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BF9757/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BF9757/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006BF9757","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2014HG7319","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017JV0959","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017JV0962","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2017JV0991","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O34032/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O34032","accessionNumber":"A.61-1937","objectType":"Stele","titles":[],"summaryDescription":"This unfinished votive stele, carved of a fine grained limestone, dates to about 550-577 AD. The front side of the monument, fully decorated, is divided into three main tiers with niches and Buddhist images; the other three sides are only partially carved in the top tier. The main figures refer to religious episodes described in key Buddhist texts. An incomplete inscription bears the names of the donors who paid for the monument. \r\nThis is a rare example where the inscription is incomplete, probably because the dedication had to be made on a certain auspicious day and the carver did not have enough time to include the names of all the donors.","physicalDescription":"A votive stele carved of a fine grained limestone. The front side of the monument, fully decorated, is divided  into three main tiers with niches and Buddhist images; the other three sides are only partially carved in the top tier. The main figures refer to religious  episodes described in key Buddhist texts. An incomplete inscription bears the names of the donors who paid for the monument. \r\n\tThis is a rare example where the inscription is incomplete, probably because the dedication had to be made on a certain auspicious day and the carver  did not have enough time to include the names of all the donors.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved limestone","categories":[{"text":"ELISE","id":"THES48961"},{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[{"text":"Northern Qi","id":"AAT18405"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006BF9757","2014HG7319","2017JV0959","2017JV0962","2017JV0991"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"44 (VA)","id":"THES49802"},"free":"","case":"PL75","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Stele","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"550-577","earliest":"0550-01-01","latest":"0577-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Purchased with Art Fund support, the Vallentin Bequest, Sir Percival David and the Universities China Committee","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"163","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"26.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"19.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The stele was offered jointly by several families. This is a rare example where the inscription is incomplete, probably because the dedication had to be made on a certain auspicious day and the carver did not have enough time to include all the names of the donors.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Buddhist Stele, Northern Qi dynasty","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"W. Zwalf (ed.) (1985) Buddhism Art and Faith. London: British Museum Publications, p. 200, cat. 286. Yetts C28"}],"production":"Northern Qi dynasty (550-557)","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"佛","id":"CIT280971"},{"text":"菩薩","id":"CIT281328"},{"text":"羅漢","id":"CIT281302"},{"text":"禪坐","id":"CIT281699"},{"text":"合掌","id":"CIT0288640"},{"text":"施無畏印","id":"CIT286344"},{"text":"與願印","id":"CIT286347"},{"text":"袈裟","id":"CIT286413"},{"text":"紋飾","id":"CIT284561"},{"text":"纏枝花卉","id":"CIT282952"},{"text":"卷草","id":"CIT281618"},{"text":"瓔珞","id":"CIT282694"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["A.61-1937"],"accessionNumberNum":"61","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1937,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2000-03-16","availableToBook":false}}