A central figure flanked by two attendants, Niche 68, the southern cliff (南岩), Yuanjue Cave (圓覺洞)

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A central figure flanked by two attendants, Niche 68, the southern cliff (南岩), Yuanjue Cave (圓覺洞) Anderl, Christoph

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Niche 68 is 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). The central figure, wearing a cockscomb-shaped headdress, is seated on a lotus throne with crossed legs. Both hands form a meditation mudra. The oval body halo and peach-shaped head halo are trimmed with flame patterns. Two attendants making Añjali Mudras (heshi 合十) stand on either side of the central figure. Their heads are lost. The right side wall depicts a figure sitting on an animal in a Lalitasana position. The images are severely eroded, and their identities are unknown. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [image 01]. Close-up of the right side of the niche [Image 02]. Close-up of the left side of the niche [Image 03]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title	A central figure flanked by two attendants, Niche 68, 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	Niche 68 is 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). The central figure, wearing a cockscomb-shaped headdress, is seated on a lotus throne with crossed legs. Both hands form a meditation mudra. The oval body halo and peach-shaped head halo are trimmed with flame patterns. Two attendants making Añjali Mudras (heshi 合十) stand on either side of the central figure. Their heads are lost. The right side wall depicts a figure sitting on an animal in a Lalitasana position. The images are severely eroded, and their identities are unknown. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [image 01]. Close-up of the right side of the niche [Image 02]. Close-up of the left side of the niche [Image 03]. 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	zxx
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	10.14288/1.0438605
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87187
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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