Search

Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers Language Not applicable Name Buddha, Guatama, Founder of Buddhism

1. EAP1016/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1
Title:
The family collection of Pema Choephel [18th century-Mid 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The family collection of Pema Choephel held in Bangalore India. A collection of Lama Mani objects, thangkas and texts belonging to Pema Choephel's late father Buchen Pema Tsewang. A collection of items passed down through generations of Lama Mani in Tibet and brought to India where Buchen Pema T...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable and Tibetan
Date Range:
18th century-20th century
Extent:
1138 TIFF images

2. EAP1016/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/2
Title:
Thangkas [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Six narrative thangkas. This Series contains the following 6 Files: EAP1016/1/2/1: A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th century] EAP1016/1/2/2: A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th cent...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
158 TIFF images

3. EAP1016/1/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/2/2
Title:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 74 x 108 cm (max) with image area (Melong) approx 63 x 83 cm (max). A very simple plain cloth surround with more recent repairs to the top section. Very substantial paint loss. Also creasing and substantial staining thr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
20 TIFF images

4. EAP1016/1/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/2/4
Title:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 118 x 68 cm. A very simple patterned cloth surround. Substantial colour fading throughout and several holes and tears. Some paint loss.Very simple drawings of a small number of illustrative scenes. Central figure of Che...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
19 TIFF images

5. EAP1016/1/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/2/5
Title:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A Tibetan Thangka (cloth scroll painting) ཐང་ཀ་ (Wylie thang ka) Size approx 101 x 64 cm with the image area (melong) size 52 x 39 cm. A very simple and plain cloth surround. Substantial staining and some paint loss and holes in the canvas due to substantial creasing. Central figure of Chenresig...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
16 TIFF images

6. EAP1016/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3
Title:
The monastic collection at Dolma Ling Nunnery [Mid 19th century-Early 21st century]
Scope & Content:
The monastic collection at Dolma Ling Nunnery near Dharamsala, India. An archive of objects, texts and Lama Mani thangkas which includes some modern copies of much older thangkas in the collection. The precise provenance of the individual items in the collection is undocumented and unknown but i...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable and Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Early 21st century
Extent:
2296 TIFF images

7. EAP1016/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1
Title:
Objects [Late 19th century-Early 21st century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Five objects. This Series contains the following 5 Files: EAP1016/3/1/1: A brass pointer [Late 19th century] EAP1016/3/1/2: A green, red and yellow hat [Mid 20th century] EAP1016/3/1/3: A photocopy of a letter of recommendation for Buchen Gyurme [Late 20t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable and Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 21st century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

8. EAP1016/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2
Title:
Thangkas [Mid 19th century-Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
. Creation dates: The thangkas are almost always undated and without contact with the original owners, dates are necessarily approximate. Extent and format of original material: Fifteen Thangkas. This Series contains the following 15 Files: EAP1016/3/2/1: A narrative thangka illustrating the s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
580 TIFF images

9. EAP1016/3/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/1
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima [Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima གཟུགས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ (Wylie gZugs kyi nyi ma). Size including the cloth surround 162 x 85.5cm. Width at bottom is 93cm. Image (melong) size 77.5 x 54cm. Central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. Finely detailed and in very good condition overall wit...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
83 TIFF images

10. EAP1016/3/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/12
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Norzang [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Norzang ནོར་བཟང (Wylie Nor bzang). Size including the cloth surround 134 x 81. Image (melong) size 69.5 x 54cm. Age 100-150 years. Finely detailed and with some paint loss, creasing and darkening of the overall image from use. Central figure of Buddh...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
23 TIFF images