Miniature Votive Stupa
A small cylindrical steatite object carved as a miniature stupa. Seated Buddhas sit in arched niches beneath a lotus-like top, above a column of incised Chinese characters and a lower register of standing attendant figures in relief.
Look closer: Small standing figures in relief flank the lower register, partly worn by time.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 435 CE
- Medium
- steatite
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2610 × 3400 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 435).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund