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Niche 289, 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 middle wall depicts a seated laywoman image holding a baby. The upper part of the infant's body is lost. Two standing female attendants flank the central image. The damaged remains of several figures of children playing appear in front of the central figure. A nanny breastfeeding a child is depicted on the left side. The upper part of her body is lost. The niche frame is decorated with a curtain. Traveller’s notes dated 1165-1171 CE (南宋乾道元年至七年) are found in this niche. 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. 375-376. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Niche 289, 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 middle wall depicts a seated laywoman image holding a baby. The upper part of the infant's body is lost. Two standing female attendants flank the central image. The damaged remains of several figures of children playing appear in front of the central figure. A nanny breastfeeding a child is depicted on the left side. The upper part of her body is lost. The niche frame is decorated with a curtain. Traveller’s notes dated 1165-1171 CE (南宋乾道元年至七年) are found in this niche. 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. 375-376. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Laywoman; Breastfeeding; Nanny; Attendant; Child
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
10.14288/1.0433229
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84948
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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