Niche with a group of seven figures: a buddha flanked by bodhisattvas and/or disciples, and two guardian kings, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨)

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Niche with a group of seven figures: a buddha flanked by bodhisattvas and/or disciples, and two guardian kings, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨) Anderl, Christoph

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This niche is located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. It depicts seven figures: a central statue (probably a buddha) seated with legs pendant, flanked by two bodhisattvas (or disciples) on either side. The carvings are badly weathered, the statues are missing their heads and arms. In addition, two guardian kings are carved at the entrance of the niche. The photographs show: Overview of the niche [1] Close-up of the niche [2] Metadata created by: Alessandro Poletto

Item Metadata

Title	Niche with a group of seven figures: a buddha flanked by bodhisattvas and/or disciples, and two guardian kings, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨)
Creator	Anderl, Christoph
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-05-22
Description	This niche is located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. It depicts seven figures: a central statue (probably a buddha) seated with legs pendant, flanked by two bodhisattvas (or disciples) on either side. The carvings are badly weathered, the statues are missing their heads and arms. In addition, two guardian kings are carved at the entrance of the niche. The photographs show: Overview of the niche [1] Close-up of the niche [2] Metadata created by: Alessandro Poletto
Subject	Anyue Buddhist Site; Sichuan Buddhist Art; Qianfo zhai; Buddhism; Stone Carving
Geographic Location	Sichuans Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Qianfo zhai (China); 30.10410438; 105.3119316
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Ghent University
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2023-03-24
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0428623
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84064
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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