Stele with Buddha and two Bodhisattvas, 678 CE

3D Model

Buddhist votive stele with Buddha and two Bodhisattvas, 678 CE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

From the object’s description on artsmia.org:

“This stone stele depicts the Buddha sitting on a lotus throne, flanked by a pair of bodhisattvas. His left hand is raised in abhaya mudra (gesture of dispelling fear), and the right is resting on his knee.”

More information here

These models were scanned and produced with a research process that captures surface texture and specularity more accurately. The research is led by Michael Tetzlaff from UW-Stout and is supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, with Mia and Cultural Heritage Imaging as participating institutions.

Model building and customization for Mia by Lou Brown