Niches 81, 82, 83, and 84, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)

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Niches 81, 82, 83, and 84, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻) Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy

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This complex of niches is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. Niche 81: A severely eroded figure remains. Its identity is unknown. Niche 82: A pair of severely eroded standing figures remain. Their identities are unknown. Niche 83: Five figures are depicted. A bodhisattva image seated in a European sitting posture is in the middle. The bodhisattva’s right hand holds the stem of a lotus bud. The trace of the lotus bud remains on the left side of the bodhisattva’s circular halo. Two attendants accompany the bodhisattva on both sides. Since they are badly damaged, their identities are unknown. Besides, a pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) in auspicious cloud motifs is depicted on the top corners of the central wall. Niche 84: A standing bodhisattva is depicted in the middle. The bodhisattva’s lower garment is adorned with refined decorative patterns. On the right side of the bodhisattva, there are two small figures, probably donor images. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1] Overview of the niches [2, 3] Close-up of Niches 81 and 82 [4] Close-up of Niches 83 and 84 [5, 6, 7] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title	Niches 81, 82, 83, and 84, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)
Creator	Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2016-11-02
Description	This complex of niches is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. Niche 81: A severely eroded figure remains. Its identity is unknown. Niche 82: A pair of severely eroded standing figures remain. Their identities are unknown. Niche 83: Five figures are depicted. A bodhisattva image seated in a European sitting posture is in the middle. The bodhisattva’s right hand holds the stem of a lotus bud. The trace of the lotus bud remains on the left side of the bodhisattva’s circular halo. Two attendants accompany the bodhisattva on both sides. Since they are badly damaged, their identities are unknown. Besides, a pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) in auspicious cloud motifs is depicted on the top corners of the central wall. Niche 84: A standing bodhisattva is depicted in the middle. The bodhisattva’s lower garment is adorned with refined decorative patterns. On the right side of the bodhisattva, there are two small figures, probably donor images. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1] Overview of the niches [2, 3] Close-up of Niches 81 and 82 [4] Close-up of Niches 83 and 84 [5, 6, 7] Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject	Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Bodhisattva; Donor; Feitian; Apsara; Apsaras
Geographic Location	Chongqing (China)); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.71282; 105.71016
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Ghent University, The University of Hong Kong
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	10.14288/1.0433188
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84909
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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