Votive offering of Daoist Trinity

Dated June 3, 589

Medium/TechniqueLimestone

Dimensions30.7 x 20.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund

Accession number07.740

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ClassificationsSculpture

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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