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Bodhisattva with two attendants, Niche 120, 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. It depicts a bodhisattva sitting in a Lalitasana posture with the right leg crossed and the left leg hanging down, stepping on a lotus flower. The bodhisattva has a circular halo and wears a pretty headdress adorned with floral motifs and a pair of long ribbons extended from both sides. The necklace and pants are decorated with jewellery. The left hand holds a water vase, and the right hand has a willow branch. The bodhisattva is flanked by two standing attedants: a male figure on the left and a female one on the right. Each attendant holds a plate of offerings with two hands. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Bodhisattva with two attendants, Niche 120, 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. It depicts a bodhisattva sitting in a Lalitasana posture with the right leg crossed and the left leg hanging down, stepping on a lotus flower. The bodhisattva has a circular halo and wears a pretty headdress adorned with floral motifs and a pair of long ribbons extended from both sides. The necklace and pants are decorated with jewellery. The left hand holds a water vase, and the right hand has a willow branch. The bodhisattva is flanked by two standing attedants: a male figure on the left and a female one on the right. Each attendant holds a plate of offerings with two hands. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Bodhisattva; Attendant
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
10.14288/1.0433147
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84868
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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