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671. Photo 1006/6(1811)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1006/6(1811)
Title:
Guides' Mess, Mardan. Relief - Buddha with fifteen ascetics. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Relief sculpture from the collection of the Guides and displayed with other Gandharan sculpture in their mess at Mardan. See note at Photo 731(1).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

672. Photo 1007/18(605)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1007/18(605)
Title:
Rumindei, Nepal. Image of the Nativity of Buddha, detail, from east [in the Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini]. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view: close view of niche with relief carving.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904-1905
Extent:
1 item

673. Photo 1007/20(1428)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1007/20(1428)
Title:
Lahore Museum. (1) Seated Buddha, L.M. 2113; (2) seated Bodhisattva, L.M. 526. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Photograph of two sculptures, the Buddha image from Sikri.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1912-1913
Extent:
1 item

674. Photo 1009/2(1408)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1009/2(1408)
Title:
Trewar [Tewar]. Image of Vajrapani. Photographer: Cousens, Henry
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Titled and numbered in the negative. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Captioned and numbered in the negative. Close view of the sculpture. 'Not far from Bheraghat, and on the road to Jabalpur, is the small village of Tewar...Just outside the village at its south-west end, under so...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

675. Photo 1084, 2(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(12)
Title:
An image on one of the Gon-Pas of Dre-Pung Monastery. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Buddha image in the monastery: 'The appearance of the image in the photograph suggests greater magnificance than really appertains to it. The background is only of wood, covered with gold leaf, and the jewels in the crown are mostly glass or turquoises.' Another...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

676. Photo 1084, 2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1084, 2(30)
Title:
The Ling-kor, or circular sacred road of Lhasa. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View of the road, hung with prayer flags and with three figures posed beside the building in the foreground: 'The pilgrims can be seen wending their way round the circular road, turning their prayer wheel, and acquiring merit by avoiding the puddles. To ac...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

677. Photo 1099(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1099(8)
Title:
Carved figures, Rangoon. A reclining 'Gaudama', with attendant worshippers. Photographer: Jackson, J.
Scope & Content:
Photograph of carved wooden figures at Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. The figures represent the reclining Gautama Buddha with attendant worshippers, a form of sacred sculpture which would be painted or gilded. They are animated and naturalistic in style and are arranged on a la...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

678. Photo 1148(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1148(11)
Title:
Majestic calm of the great bronze Buddha, six centuries old. (S.W.) Kamakura, Japan. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Stereoscopic view of the Buddha image at Kamakura.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

679. Photo 1167(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1167(29)
Title:
Buddha images on the wall of Tabo Monastery, Spiti. Photographer: Sutherland, Patrick
Scope & Content:
'Hundreds of images of the Buddha cover a wall in Tabo Monastery. Some of these exquisite murals date back to 996 A.D. when the monastery was founded. Tabo is one of 108 religious sites spread from Mustang to Ladakh associated with Rinchen Zangpo, the 'great translator' of many Buddhist sutras f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1996
Extent:
1 item

680. 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

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