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Seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing disciples and two bodhisattva statues, Niche 21, 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 disciples and two bodhisattva statues is depicted. The cross-legged Buddha statue is placed on a lotus throne. It has flame motifs peach-shaped and oval halos behind its head and body. With the palm facing upward, its left hand is placed on its thigh, while the right hand touches its right knee. The heads of the two disciples are damaged. Both of their palms join together to form an Añjali Mudra (Chinese: heshi 合十). The two bodhisattvas have peach-shaped halos. The objects they are holding cannot be identified. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Seated Buddha statue flanked by two standing disciples and two bodhisattva statues, Niche 21, 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 disciples and two bodhisattva statues is depicted. The cross-legged Buddha statue is placed on a lotus throne. It has flame motifs peach-shaped and oval halos behind its head and body. With the palm facing upward, its left hand is placed on its thigh, while the right hand touches its right knee. The heads of the two disciples are damaged. Both of their palms join together to form an Añjali Mudra (Chinese: heshi 合十). The two bodhisattvas have peach-shaped halos. The objects they are holding cannot be identified. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Buddha; Bodhisattva; Disciple
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
10.14288/1.0433115
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84836
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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