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Fong and Constance Tang Fong (Princeton, NJ).</p><p>2018–2020 Constance Tang Fong (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2020. </p><p><br /><br /></p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"The upper part of this stele presents a symmetrical trio of figures in a hierarchical arrangement. In the center sits a buddha, flanked by two smaller attendants. Depicted in meditation, the buddha’s visage, with eyes closed and lips bending into smile, is calm and welcoming. The figure sits with hands clasped under a circular lotus halo and backed by a flaming mandorla, which together signify the figure’s religious perfection and enlightenment. The lower part of the stele, partially covered by the buddha’s trailing garment, carries an inscription dated, “The second year of the Tianping era” of the Eastern  Wei dynasty (534–550), which corresponds to 535  in the Western calendar. The stele inscription, which  is written in calligraphy that combines elements of clerical script and the newer regular script, records the names of the donors who intended to accrue religious merit by commissioning the stele.\n","remarks":"ASIA_15-TXX-1_CLA  Day 1 Cataloguing"}],"media":[{"id":57768,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV03069","isprimary":0,"rank":3,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"},{"id":57769,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV03067","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"},{"id":57770,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV03068","isprimary":0,"rank":2,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Inventory Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[],"exhibitions":[],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: Asia, China","code":"Place made","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"China","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":null,"location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"terms":[{"id":2096941,"term":"Buddhism","aatid":300073738,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2054791,"term":"sculpture","aatid":300047090,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2083384,"term":"stelae","aatid":300007023,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2033355,"term":"Chinese","aatid":300018322,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2171688,"term":"attendants","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2033463,"term":"Six Dynasties","aatid":300106385,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2095964,"term":"religious art","aatid":300248179,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2164290,"term":"stone","aatid":300011176,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2054791,"classification":"sculpture"},{"id":2083384,"classification":"stelae"}],"cultures":[{"id":13592,"culture":"Chinese","alphasort":"Chinese","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Chinese","displaydate":null}],"cultureterms":[{"id":2033355,"culture":"Chinese"}],"periods":[{"id":12509,"period":"Period of Disunity","alphasort":"Period of Disunity","begindate":220,"enddate":589,"displayperiod":"Period of Disunity, 220–589 CE","displaydate":"220–589 CE"},{"id":12534,"period":"Eastern Wei dynasty","alphasort":"Eastern Wei","begindate":534,"enddate":550,"displayperiod":"Eastern Wei dynasty, 534–550 CE","displaydate":"534–550 CE"}],"periodterms":[{"id":2033463,"period":"Six Dynasties"}],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"56.00"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"36.00"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Depth","units":"centimeters","dimension":"26.00"}],"packages":[{"packageid":278831,"name":"10282025-DAY1-ONVIEW"},{"packageid":216692,"name":"2022_ART369/EAS386_10_10"},{"packageid":214208,"name":"Gallery_13-15(Pavilion4)-Asian"},{"packageid":216463,"name":"image_descriptions_newacquisitions_2020"},{"packageid":181967,"name":"web_2020_Asian"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/INV03067"],"displaymaker":null,"displayculture":"Chinese","displayperiod":"Period of Disunity, 220–589 CE | Eastern Wei dynasty, 534–550 CE","caption":"Chinese, Period of Disunity (220–589 CE), Eastern Wei dynasty (534–550 CE), Buddha and two attendants stele, 535 CE. 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