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Seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing bodhisattva statues, Niche 11, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻) Anderl, Christoph

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This niche is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. A seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing bodhisattva statues is depicted. The Buddha statue has a peach-shaped halo behind its head and an oval halo on the back of its body. Both halos are decorated with flame patterns. Since the figure is eroded, details of its costume, throne and hand gestures are uncertain; it likely sat cross-legged. The heads of both bodhisattva figures are damaged, but the peach-shaped halos adorned with flame motifs remain. Their bodies are also severely eroded. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing bodhisattva statues, Niche 11, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2016-11-02
Description
This niche is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. A seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing bodhisattva statues is depicted. The Buddha statue has a peach-shaped halo behind its head and an oval halo on the back of its body. Both halos are decorated with flame patterns. Since the figure is eroded, details of its costume, throne and hand gestures are uncertain; it likely sat cross-legged. The heads of both bodhisattva figures are damaged, but the peach-shaped halos adorned with flame motifs remain. Their bodies are also severely eroded. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Buddha; Bodhisattva
Geographic Location
Chongqing (China)); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.71282; 105.71016
Type
Still Image
Language
zxx
Notes
Author Affiliations: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-06-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433109
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84830
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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