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Eroded niche with unidentified images, 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. The dating is uncertain. The photo is taken from the upper left. This group of seven images is not easily identifiable since they are badly eroded and their faces missing. The one in the center is seated on a lotus throne, flanked by three figures on each side. All seven images have halos, that of the central figure being particularly complex and ornate. This central figure might be a buddha, while the two statues on either side are plausibly disciples. Next to them appear to be two bodhisattvas. Three characters are written on the lintel of the niche; two of them are da 大 and fo 佛. The leftmost one is difficult to make out. Metadata created by: Anna Paulina Vasilieva, Sarah Smeulders, Zihui Yuan, Charlotte Mahieu and Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Eroded niche with unidentified images, 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. The dating is uncertain. The photo is taken from the upper left. This group of seven images is not easily identifiable since they are badly eroded and their faces missing. The one in the center is seated on a lotus throne, flanked by three figures on each side. All seven images have halos, that of the central figure being particularly complex and ornate. This central figure might be a buddha, while the two statues on either side are plausibly disciples. Next to them appear to be two bodhisattvas. Three characters are written on the lintel of the niche; two of them are da 大 and fo 佛. The leftmost one is difficult to make out. Metadata created by: Anna Paulina Vasilieva, Sarah Smeulders, Zihui Yuan, Charlotte Mahieu and Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; 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
10.14288/1.0428657
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84098
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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