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Niches 250-252, 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. All images are severely eroded. Niche 250: A octagonal four-layered pillar is depicted. Niche 251: The middle wall depicts two images seated on lotus thrones. The left corner of the niche frame has a small standing figure. Niche 252: The middle wall depicts two standing images with circular halos trimmed with flame patterns. The right niche frame has a figure standing on an auspicious cloud motif. Inscriptions dated to 907-965 CE (前後蜀) are found outside the niche frame, indicating that this is a niche for bodhisattvas. Source: Dazu shike yanjiuyuan 大足石刻研究院. Dazu shike quanji 大足石刻全集 [Dazu Rock Carvings] Edited by Li Fangyin 黎方銀. 10 vols. Vol. 3-1, Chongqing: Chongqing chubanshe, 2018, p. 245. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1]. Overview of the niches [2]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Niches 250-252, 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. All images are severely eroded. Niche 250: A octagonal four-layered pillar is depicted. Niche 251: The middle wall depicts two images seated on lotus thrones. The left corner of the niche frame has a small standing figure. Niche 252: The middle wall depicts two standing images with circular halos trimmed with flame patterns. The right niche frame has a figure standing on an auspicious cloud motif. Inscriptions dated to 907-965 CE (前後蜀) are found outside the niche frame, indicating that this is a niche for bodhisattvas. Source: Dazu shike yanjiuyuan 大足石刻研究院. Dazu shike quanji 大足石刻全集 [Dazu Rock Carvings] Edited by Li Fangyin 黎方銀. 10 vols. Vol. 3-1, Chongqing: Chongqing chubanshe, 2018, p. 245. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [1]. Overview of the niches [2]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Pillar; Bodhisattva
Geographic Location
Chongqing (China)); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.71282; 105.71016
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
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
10.14288/1.0433204
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84925
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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