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Incomplete Stele in Mount Shangfang (Shangfang Shan 上方山) Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan

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Incomplete stele in three pieces by Li Xin 李新 of Xia 夏 Village. The date reads "大清康熙庚辰 ([Inscribed in] the year Gengchen during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Great Qing)". The base measures 43 cm high, 71 cm wide, and 30 cm think. The body remains in two parts. One part measures 27 to 44 cm high, 55.5 cm wide, and 13 cm thick; the body's (fragmented) second part measures 14 to 20cm high, 55.5 cm. wide, and 13 cm thick. The top portion measures 44.5 cm high, 57.5 cm wide, and 14 cm thick. The base is carved with patterns of plum blossoms and the auspicious creature qilin 麒麟 (Chinese mythical unicorn), and the top portion is carved with the pattern of "two dragons playing with the pearl".

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Title
Incomplete Stele in Mount Shangfang (Shangfang Shan 上方山)
Creator
Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-04
Description
Incomplete stele in three pieces by Li Xin 李新 of Xia 夏 Village. The date reads "大清康熙庚辰 ([Inscribed in] the year Gengchen during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Great Qing)". The base measures 43 cm high, 71 cm wide, and 30 cm think. The body remains in two parts. One part measures 27 to 44 cm high, 55.5 cm wide, and 13 cm thick; the body's (fragmented) second part measures 14 to 20cm high, 55.5 cm. wide, and 13 cm thick. The top portion measures 44.5 cm high, 57.5 cm wide, and 14 cm thick. The base is carved with patterns of plum blossoms and the auspicious creature qilin 麒麟 (Chinese mythical unicorn), and the top portion is carved with the pattern of "two dragons playing with the pearl".
Subject
Stone; Stele; Qing dynasty; Qilin; Dragon
Geographic Location
Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.677255; 115.828762
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
10.14288/1.0438735
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87311
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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