三尊甎仏(磚仏), Clay Relief Tile with Buddhist Triad (Sanzon senbutsu), second half of the 7th century

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三尊甎仏(磚仏), Clay Relief Tile with Buddhist Triad (Sanzon senbutsu), Asuka period (538–710), second half of the 7th century, Japan, Earthenware with traces of polychrome, H. 9 5/8 in. ( cm); W. 7 3/4 in. ( cm); D. 1 1/2 in. ( cm), Sculpture, Clay relief tiles with figures of the Buddha, known as senbutsu, were made for only a short period of time, between the second half of the seventh and the early eighth century. Here, the Buddha sits beneath a canopy with two (unidentifiable) attendant bodhisattvas in front of the sacred bodhi tree

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