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Niche 190, 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 central wall depicts one Buddha, two bodhisattvas and two disciples. The disciple on the right of the Buddha carries a staff. The bottom part of the central wall contains twelve guardian deities wearing warrior attire. Traces of standing figures are found on either side walls. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Niche 190, 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 central wall depicts one Buddha, two bodhisattvas and two disciples. The disciple on the right of the Buddha carries a staff. The bottom part of the central wall contains twelve guardian deities wearing warrior attire. Traces of standing figures are found on either side walls. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Buddha; bodhisattva; disciple; guardian deity
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
10.14288/1.0433192
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84913
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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