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Container Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1002/23 Subject Buddhist Sculpture

1. Photo 1002/23(1161)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/23(1161)
Title:
Heads of Buddha and Bodhisattva statues, and sculpture slab representing worship of a stupa, from the Swat Valley [Loriyan Tangai]. Photographer: Alexander Edwin Caddy.
Scope & Content:
A somewhat faded print. Theodore Bloch, in A list of the photographic negatives of Indian antiquities in the collection of the Indian Museum: with which is incorporated the list of similar negatives in the possession of the India Office (Calcutta: 1900), notes that the sculptures are 'said to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1002/23(1163)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1002/23(1163)
Title:
Buddhist sculptures from the Swat Valley [Loriyan Tangai]. Photographer: Caddy, Alexander Edwin
Scope & Content:
Genre: Archaeological Photography Collection of relief sculptures, a standing Bodhisattva at left, with other pieces and fragments. Sculptures 'said to be in Major Deane's possession' (Bloch): see note at print 1161. The central and largest panel shows the death of the Buddha (Mahaparanirvana)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 item