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Two pendant-niches in a pair representing a scene of the Medicine Buddha Sutra, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨) Anderl, Christoph; Jia, Xixi

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Located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. These two niches A and B display the same scene, namely the Medicine Buddha (Ch. Yaoshi fo 藥師佛) sitting in the center, with a disciple and a bodhisattva on each side, and the Eight Legions (Ch. Babuzhong 八部眾) standing in the background. The photographs show: The two niches above the management office (from the left to the right): Niche A, B [1] [2] Overview of the location of the niches [3] Metadata created by: Xixi Jia.

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