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"Some Are In Rock-Cut Cave Shrines, In The Usual Chinese Buddhist Style, But Many Others Are Rock Reliefs Carved Into The Open Rock Faces" (Wiki)
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Ouv: "The Madara Rider Is A Unique Relief, An Exceptional Work Of Art,... It Is The Only Relief Of Its Kind, Having No Parallel In Europe. It Has Survived In Its Authentic State. It Is Outstanding Not Only As A Work Of Bulgarian Sculpture, With Its Characteristically Realist Tendencies, But Also As A Piece Of Historical Source Material Dating From The Earliest Years Of The Establishment Of The Bulgarian State. The Inscriptions Around The Relief Are, In Fact, A Chronicle Of Important Events Concerning The Reigns Of Very Famous Khans."
Only The Part With The Intricate Carvings That Is Carved Directly Out Of The Natural Sandstone Bedrock
Leshan, "A 71-Meter (233 Ft) Tall Stone Statue, Built Between 713 And 803 (During The Tang Dynasty). It Is Carved Out Of A Cliff Face" (Wiki)
Two Monumental Buddhist Statues Carved Out Of A Cliff
Gal Vihara: Four Rock Relief Statues Of The Buddha, Which Have Been Carved Into The Face Of A Large Granite Gneiss Rock.
11 Buddhist Rock-Cut Reliefs; The Most Impressive Is Probably The Buddha Rock, A Massive Natural Formation In The T’Apkol Valley. (Ab Ev)
Firuzabad, Fars And Bishapur Have Groups Of Sassanian Reliefs, The Former Including The Oldest, A Large Battle Scene, Now Badly Worn. (Wiki)
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Rock-Carved Seated Buddha, Treasure No. 216 (Beopjusa Temple) - Nomination File
The "Massive Stone Statue Of Lao Tze (...) Is China's Largest Extant Taoist Carved Stone Statue." The Statue Of Mani In Cao'an Temple "Was Carved In The Cliff Wall Inside The Stone Chamber. (...) The Stone Relief Of Mani Is Placed In The Middle Of The Cliff Wall Opposite The Entrance." (Nomination File, P. 155, 179-180)
In Her Cellars In The Saint Nicaise Hill, Madame Pommery Had A Series Of Bas-Reliefs Made By Gustave André Navlet Between 1882 And 1885. These Are Sculpted In The Soft Chalk Of The Chalk Pits And Sometimes Reach 10 Meters Long By 6 Meters Wide. The Veuve Clicquot Cellars Feature High Reliefs Sculpted By Navlet. These Works, Commissioned By Alfred Werlé, Successor To Madame Clicquot, Were Created Between 1907 And 1914. Bas-Reliefs By Navlet Can Also Be Seen In The Cellars Of The Maison Mercier Under The Avenue De Champagne. (Nomination File, P. 103, 106, 152, 261)
Includes A Monumental Bas-Relief That Includes An Image Of King Darius “Holding A Bow As A Sign Of Sovereignty, And Treading On The Chest Of A Figure Which Lies On His Back Before Him”. It Also Has A Seleucid Reclining Hercules Of 148 Bc With A Greek Inscription.
The 'Descent Of The Ganges': A Large 7th-Century Hindu Scene With Many Figures That Uses The Form Of The Rock To Shape The Image
The Paws At The Colossal Lion Gateway To The Hill-Palace
At Yazılıkaya, A Series Of Reliefs Of Hittite Gods In Procession Decorate Open-Air "Chambers".
Includes "Four Chapels And Numerous Statues Carved By Miners Out Of The Rock Salt, And More Recent Sculptures By Contemporary Artists" (Wiki)