Niche 191, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)

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Niche 191, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻) Anderl, Christoph

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 two bodhisattvas. The one on the right carries a staff. Outlines of two bodhi trees are carved behind the two bodhisattvas. Ten small seated Buddhas surrounding the bodhisattvas are depicted. Their heads are lost. Besides, there is a pair of standing figures near the niche frame. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [1]. Close-up of the niche [2]. Surrounding environment of the niche [3, 4]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

Item Metadata

Title	Niche 191, 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 two bodhisattvas. The one on the right carries a staff. Outlines of two bodhi trees are carved behind the two bodhisattvas. Ten small seated Buddhas surrounding the bodhisattvas are depicted. Their heads are lost. Besides, there is a pair of standing figures near the niche frame. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [1]. Close-up of the niche [2]. Surrounding environment of the niche [3, 4]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject	Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Buddha; Bodhisattva
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	10.14288/1.0433193
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84914
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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Anderl_C_Niche_191_1_2016.tif -- 125.27MB

Anderl_C_Niche_191_2_2016.tif -- 125.96MB

Anderl_C_Niche_191_3_2016.tif -- 123.59MB

Anderl_C_Niche_191_4_2016.tif -- 125.71MB

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