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The front side of the central pillar with the colossal statue of the Buddha, the North Cave of the Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes Li, Lan

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Seated Buddha at the central pillar in the North Cave is the largest and the earliest seated Buddha at the Xiangtangshan Caves. Behind it is the colored aureole with patternes of burning flame, twining botany, and treasured beads.

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Title
The front side of the central pillar with the colossal statue of the Buddha, the North Cave of the Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes
Creator
Li, Lan
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2018-07-17
Description
Seated Buddha at the central pillar in the North Cave is the largest and the earliest seated Buddha at the Xiangtangshan Caves. Behind it is the colored aureole with patternes of burning flame, twining botany, and treasured beads.
Subject
Northern Xiangtangshan Grottoes; Cave Temples; Buddhism; Northern dynasties
Geographic Location
Xiangtangshan Caves (China); Handan Shi (China); 36.5329976851852; 114.159583333333
Type
Still Image
Language
zxx
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2019-11-27
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0385995
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72445
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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