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title: Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9629/chinese-buddhist-votive-stele/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9629.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9629.jpg)

## Image Caption

This [Buddhist](https://www.worldhistory.org/buddhism/) votive stele made from chalkstone comes from [China](https://www.worldhistory.org/china/)'s Shanxi province, and it dates from c. 520 CE during the era of the Northern Wei Dynasty. (Museum Rietberg, Zürich)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, December 01). Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9629/chinese-buddhist-votive-stele/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9629/chinese-buddhist-votive-stele/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Chinese Buddhist Votive Stele." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9629/chinese-buddhist-votive-stele/>.

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