Each surface of these small votive tiles features a seated image of a Buddha with a raised right hand and a lion at either side of the ir feet. The lions face one another as a pair.
Small senbutsu tiles like these ones along with votive tiles in a larger scale would have been arranged along the walls of Buddhist temple buildings. This decorative feature perhaps transformed temple interiors into spaces resembling the rock-cut architecture of Thousand Buddha caves, where multitudes of Buddhist figures are carved into the stone.
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Each face of these small votive tiles features a seated image of a Buddha with a raised right hand. A lion appears at either side of the Buddha at his feet; they face one another as a pair. Small senbutsu tiles like these ones would have been arranged along the inner walls of Buddhist temple buildings, along with votive tiles in a larger scale. This decorative feature perhaps transformed temple interiors intospaces resembling the rock-cut architecture of Thousand Buddha caves, where multitudes of Buddhist figures are carved into the stone.
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