Stele for Pagoda Commissioned by Song Jingye
CultureChinese
Date19th-early 20th century
MediumInk rubbing on paper
DimensionsImage: 19 1/2 × 35 inches (49.53 × 88.9 cm)
Overall: 21 1/8 × 46 1/2 inches (53.66 × 118.11 cm)
Overall: 21 1/8 × 46 1/2 inches (53.66 × 118.11 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Laurence Sickman
Object numberF88-45/21
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DescriptionStele carved in 558 C.E. Northern Qi dynasty; rubbing created about 1800s–1911Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Ink Rubbings: Impressions of Chinese Culture, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 20, 2024–February 2, 2025, no cat.
The elegant inscription and the robust forms of the figures
demonstrate the excellent craftsmanship of the stone stele from which this ink
rubbing was derived. In 558 C.E., Song Jingye and his community commissioned a
pagoda for the Guanggu Temple, possibly located in the Shandong province of
eastern China. They inscribed on the stele an account of their devotional deed to
build the pagoda.
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