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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Altars Level [40] File

1. Photo 20(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(32)
Title:
Interior of Kuje-Lhakhang: with hole supposed to have been caused by the reclining of the first Guru Rimpoche [near Jakar, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of altar in Kuje-Lhakhang Monastery, with Buddha images and other religious objects.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1147(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1147(1)
Title:
Temple of Heaven [Beijing], open altar and tent over Shangti tablet. Photographer: Taylor, Charles Henry Brewitt
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1909
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1167(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(69)
Title:
An altar erected on the roof a house in Lhalung, Spiti, for a performance of a stone breaking ceremony. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'An altar erected on the roof a house in Lhalung for a performance of a stone breaking ceremony. The altar consist of a background of thankas (painted religious cloth scrolls), and a carved wooden travelling box on which are placed a statue of Thangtong Gyalpo, offerings of bowls of barley and w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 2006
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1182(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1182(11)
Title:
The Three Pure Ones. Buddhas—past, present and future. Kwang-hau Temple A. D. 250 [Canton]. Photographer: Robert Crisp Hurley.
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the altars, with the three Buddha images behind.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1904
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1183(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(57)
Title:
Interior, Chinese church, Sumatra. Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view looking towards the altar, of the kelenteng or Chinese temple, known by the name of See Him Kiong, at Padang, Sumatra. Identification of location from Steven Wachlin, 'Woodbury and Page: Photographers Java' (KITLV Press, Leiden, 1994), where this p...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1297(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1297(63)
Title:
Interior of a joss house in China [Tientsin]. Photographer: Keystone View Company
Scope & Content:
Stereoscopic view. Interior of temple looking towards altar.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1920-1930
Extent:
1 item