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Two bodhisattvas accompanied by donor images, Niche 117, 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. The central wall depicts a pair of standing bodhisattva images. Both heads are lost. The one on the left wears a double-collar drooping cassock, while the right one is adorned with shawls and pretty accessories. A pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) is carved on the canopy above these two bodhisattvas. A rectangular, plaque-shaped object is carved between them. Both side walls contain small donor images distributed in three layers. Most are badly eroded. Descriptions of the photos: Central wall and right side wall [1] Central wall and left side wall [2] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Two bodhisattvas accompanied by donor images, Niche 117, 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. The central wall depicts a pair of standing bodhisattva images. Both heads are lost. The one on the left wears a double-collar drooping cassock, while the right one is adorned with shawls and pretty accessories. A pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) is carved on the canopy above these two bodhisattvas. A rectangular, plaque-shaped object is carved between them. Both side walls contain small donor images distributed in three layers. Most are badly eroded. Descriptions of the photos: Central wall and right side wall [1] Central wall and left side wall [2] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Bodhisattva; Donor
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
2023-06-13
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433144
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84865
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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