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Tang Dynasty Sculpture of the Buddha surrounded by disciples, bodhisattvas, lions and dragons Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan

Description

Incomplete sculpture stele depicting one Buddha, two lions, two disciples, two Bodhisattvas. Two dragons are carved on the top of this scene. A colophons containing information of the donors and year of creation is inscribed in the base. This sculpture dates from the Fifth Year of the Xianqing Era 顯慶 (661 CE).

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Title
Tang Dynasty Sculpture of the Buddha surrounded by disciples, bodhisattvas, lions and dragons
Creator
Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-03
Description
Incomplete sculpture stele depicting one Buddha, two lions, two disciples, two Bodhisattvas. Two dragons are carved on the top of this scene. A colophons containing information of the donors and year of creation is inscribed in the base. This sculpture dates from the Fifth Year of the Xianqing Era 顯慶 (661 CE).
Subject
Stele; Tang dynasty; Buddha; Bodhisattva; Disciples; Lion; Dragon
Geographic Location
Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.884369; 116.369986
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliations: Hunan University, University of Pennsylvania, China Academy of Art, Hebei University
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2024-01-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438717
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87293
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate; Postdoctoral
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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