Emperor Xiaowen's procession, Longmen Caves

Stone stele showing Emperor Xiaowen in a procession with his retinue. This relief was originally located at the entrance to the Central Binyang Cave, one of the largest rock-cut Buddhist caves commissioned by the Northern Wei royalty and located in Longmen near Luoyang, China. It belonged to a pair of the "royal procession" steles, and the other relief of the pair, the empress's procession, is at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Date: 522-23. Limestone with traces of pigment. H. 82 in. (208.3 cm); W. 12 ft. 11 in. (393.7 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art. [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42707](http://) Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab