Niches 66 and 67, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)

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Niches 66 and 67, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻) Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy

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This complex of niches is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. Niche 66: Two severely eroded seated figures. Niche 67: Six severely eroded figures are depicted. The central image is seated on a rock throne. The remains of two seated Buddhas are found on top of the central image. There are two donor images on the left side of the central figure, with a single donor to the right. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1] Overview of the niches and the surrounding environment [2] Close-up of Niche 66 [3] Close-up of Niche 67 [4] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title	Niches 66 and 67, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)
Creator	Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2016-11-02
Description	This complex of niches is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. Niche 66: Two severely eroded seated figures. Niche 67: Six severely eroded figures are depicted. The central image is seated on a rock throne. The remains of two seated Buddhas are found on top of the central image. There are two donor images on the left side of the central figure, with a single donor to the right. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1] Overview of the niches and the surrounding environment [2] Close-up of Niche 66 [3] Close-up of Niche 67 [4] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject	Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Donor
Geographic Location	Chongqing (China)); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.71282; 105.71016
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Ghent University, The University of Hong Kong
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2023-06-13
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433137
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84859
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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