Offering of votive image dedicated by a Buddhist nun, Tan Hui, A Rong and others ; Bi qiu ni Tan Hui, A Rong zao Guanyin xiang ji ji kan, Zhongzhou ci shi Li Suozhi qi Cao shi zao xiang ji ji kan (a), Chang xuan ren zao xiang ji (a)
- Creator/Contributor:
- Warner, Langdon, 1881-1955, American, associated name, donor
- Creation Date:
- 1923-1925
- Description:
- Rubbing of inscription from votive offering dedicated by donors.
- Extent:
- 63 x 90 cm
- Language:
- No linguistic content
- Genre:
- rubbings
- Digital Format:
- Images
- Subjects:
- Buddhism
votive offerings
inscriptions
cave temples - Culture:
- Chinese
- Style Period:
- Eastern Wei
Minguo
? - Materials/Techniques:
- ink
paper
intaglio - Notes:
- Citation/references: Ryûmon sekkutsu no kenkyû, 1941, p. 309, p. 314.
General note: Script style: kai shu. ; Longmen Grottoes: Buddhist Cave Temples distributed on the cliffs along the banks of Yihe river, 13 kilometers south of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The carving work on the first cave at Longmen was already began when Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in 495. Construction on caves had been carrying on for more than 500 years, during Western Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui,Tang and Five Dynasties. Thus formed a scale of more than 2,000 caves and niches, over 100,000 images on 1-kilometer cliffs from south to north on the two hills of Yique. ; Gu yang dong (Guyang Cave).
Historical: 536 AD and unknown. - Repository:
- Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Harvard University
- HOLLIS Record:
- https://id.lib.harvard.edu/images/olvwork296376/urn-3:FHCL:710621/catalog
- Record ID:
- W296376_urn-3:FHCL:710621
- Permalink:
- https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/chinese-rubbings-collection/6-W296376_urn-3:FHCL:710621
