Lunette with Carved Floral Scrolls and Figures, Tang Dynasty Stone

A semicircular stone lunette, its weathered grey surface densely incised with flowing scrolls and foliage. Faint figural forms appear near the centre within the carved vegetal ground, and a raised moulded border frames the arched top edge.

Artist

Unknown

Date

middle 8th century

Medium

Stone

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

4000 × 1997 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art