Important Chinese Buddhist Gilt-Bronze Altarpiece, Northern Wei Dynasty. Presented in the Fo Shou Fa configuration or arrangement: Buddha is seated on an elevated pedestal, in honor of Mount Sumeru, flanked above two lions half-way up; each side fitted with a scrolling arm below a lotus plinth with conforming standing Buddha. All against the shimmering background of an flaming aureole with two relief standing Buddhas below and an inner-band of seven small Buddhas; the front two legs inscribed with calligraphy. , ( ) Inscription translation: Devotee as the Centurial Government imperial Library officer, commissioned and offered this statue in the first day of the spring month. Northern Wei; 5th Century CE. {Approximately Height 12.8î, Width 11.6î, Depth 4.25î}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.https://www.coursehero.com/file/p4h0es7/Gilt-Bronzes-of-the-Northern-Wei-Dynasty-Gilt-Bronzes-of-the-Northern-Wei/