Giant Buddha near Leshan, 1991
Rating
Title
Giant Buddha near Leshan , 1991
Creator
Brians , Paul
Date Original
1991-05-19
Publisher
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries : https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Description
1 photographic print ; 9 x 12.5 cm . This was the largest Buddha in the world (233 feet tall) until a businessman build a bigger one in Japan . Badly corroded , probably from air pollution . The Buddha was built circa 700-800 AD at the confluence of the Minjiang , Dadu and Qingyi rivers
Subject
Buddhas
Type
Image
Genre
Photographic prints
Location Depicted
Asia--China--Sichuan
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Notes
In copyright. Item is in copyright until 70 years after the death of the author.
Source
Is found in PC 139 , Paul Brians Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc139.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Identifier
pbchina91 42n1
Digitization
Images were scanned from photographic prints on a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL scanner and uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Contributors
World Civilizations Washington State University
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