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Niche 187, 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 images in this niche are severely eroded. The niche centre contains two seated figures. The left one has a peach-shaped body halo and a circular head halo trimmed with flame patterns. The right one seems to be wearing a wind hat. This figure has a circular body and head halos. These two figures are flanked by ten small figures seated on lotus thrones. The lotus thrones contain stems collected from the two figures in the centre. Besides, a pair of badly eroded standing figures is near the niche frame. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [1]. Close-up of the niche [2]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Niche 187, 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 images in this niche are severely eroded. The niche centre contains two seated figures. The left one has a peach-shaped body halo and a circular head halo trimmed with flame patterns. The right one seems to be wearing a wind hat. This figure has a circular body and head halos. These two figures are flanked by ten small figures seated on lotus thrones. The lotus thrones contain stems collected from the two figures in the centre. Besides, a pair of badly eroded standing figures is near the niche frame. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [1]. Close-up of the niche [2]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving
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
10.14288/1.0433191
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84912
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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