A RARE PAINTED MARBLE BUDDHIST STELENORTHERN QI DYNASTY (AD 550-577)The stele is carved with a central standing bodhisattva with his right hand raised in abhayamudra and left hand lowered, flanked by a pair of attendants, and a further pair of bodhisattvas, all below two intertwined bodhi trees backing the figures. The stele is supported on a rectangular base, carved on the front with a censer flanked by a pair of attendants and a pair of lions.13 in. (33 cm.) high, padauk stand