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Incomplete Niches 48 to 54, the southern cliff (南岩), Yuanjue Cave (圓覺洞) Anderl, Christoph

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Niches 48 to 54 are located in the southern cliff (南岩) of Yuanjue Cave Cliff Sculpture Scenic Area (圓覺洞摩崖造像風景區), Yujishan (雲居山), situated in the northeast of Anyue County (安岳縣), Ziyang City (資陽巿), Sichuan. The southern cliff contains fifty-eight niches (Niches 15 to 72) of rock carvings, mostly dating from the Tang Dynasty 唐 (618-907) to the Five Dynasties 五代 (907-960). Niche 48 depicts a rectangular stele with four characters “tu nan xian ji” 圖南仙跡 (only the last two characters are shown in the photos). Niches 49 to 54 are unfinished niches, however Niche 51 contains a rough outline of a statue. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [Image 01]. Overview of the niches [Image 02]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Incomplete Niches 48 to 54, the southern cliff (南岩), Yuanjue Cave (圓覺洞)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-22
Description
Niches 48 to 54 are located in the southern cliff (南岩) of Yuanjue Cave Cliff Sculpture Scenic Area (圓覺洞摩崖造像風景區), Yujishan (雲居山), situated in the northeast of Anyue County (安岳縣), Ziyang City (資陽巿), Sichuan. The southern cliff contains fifty-eight niches (Niches 15 to 72) of rock carvings, mostly dating from the Tang Dynasty 唐 (618-907) to the Five Dynasties 五代 (907-960). Niche 48 depicts a rectangular stele with four characters “tu nan xian ji” 圖南仙跡 (only the last two characters are shown in the photos). Niches 49 to 54 are unfinished niches, however Niche 51 contains a rough outline of a statue. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the niches [Image 01]. Overview of the niches [Image 02]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; Yuanjue Cave; Buddhist art; Rock carving
Geographic Location
Anyue Xian (China); Sichuan Sheng (China); 30.11723; 105.3504
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2024-01-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438597
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87179
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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