比丘尼石靜業吳？藏造像記
Edition: Yuan ke.
Published: 1923
Language: chi
Format: [art original]
Subjects: Rubbing; Buddhist Cave temples; Chinese Art
Other titles: Bi qiu ni Shi Jingye Wu ? cang zao xiang ji
Description: Rubbing of inscription from votive offering dedicated by donors.
Notes: Rubel Accession No. : E-14.

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.

Rubbing date: between 1923 and 1925.

Donated by Langdon Warner, collected on Fogg Expedition 1923-1925.

Location: Longmen Shiku, Luoyang, Henan Sheng, Zhongguo.