Baodingshan, Punishments depicted below the Tribunals

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Title Baodingshan, Punishments depicted below the Tribunals
Site Baodingshan
Location City/State 15 km northeast of Dazu
Location Country China
Style Period China: Southern Song Dynasty
Description Punishments include the Hell of Blade Mountains, Boiling Cauldron, Freezing Icicles, Sword Forest, Extracting the Tongue, Poisonous Snakes, Treadle-Operated Tilted Hammer, Severing Saw, Iron Bed, and Darkness
Subject Asian Art; Buddhist Art; Buddhism
Creation Date 1179 - 1249 CE
Form rock-cut relief
Source Summit of Treasures: Buddhist Cave Art of Dazu, China. Howard, Angela Falco. Weatherhill Publishing, Trumbull, CT, 2001. pg.3.
Work ID 8553
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6k3958w
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 33817
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k3958w
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