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Niche 278, 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 niche, which is severely eroded, depicts three seated images. The central and the right images are damaged. Two standing figures flank the central image. The left one holds a large bowl, while the remains of the right one indicate that it carried a staff. The remains of a pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) are shown in the upper corner near the niche frame. Besides, there are traces of two layers of bodhisattvas on either side wall. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Niche 278, 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 niche, which is severely eroded, depicts three seated images. The central and the right images are damaged. Two standing figures flank the central image. The left one holds a large bowl, while the remains of the right one indicate that it carried a staff. The remains of a pair of feitian 飛天 (Sanskrit: apsaras) are shown in the upper corner near the niche frame. Besides, there are traces of two layers of bodhisattvas on either side wall. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Bodhisattva; 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
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-06-14
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433224
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84943
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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