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761. 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

762. 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

763. 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

764. 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

765. Photo 1183(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(22)
Title:
[Sculpture panels at the east end of north side of the wall of the first gallery, Borobudur.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '8' in pencil on mount. Genre: Archaeological Photography View of two panels of relief sculpture: the upper register (Ia94), shows the armies of Mara attacking the Buddha, the lower register (Ib94), a gathering at the court of the king. For references, see Louis Frédéric,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 1860s
Extent:
1 item

766. Photo 1183(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1183(24)
Title:
[The Buddhist stupa at Borobudur.] Photographer: Woodbury and Page
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '10' in pencil on mount. Genre: Archaeological Photography Close view of a section of the stupa, with sculptured Buddha images on the platform in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 1860s
Extent:
1 item

767. Photo 1184/1(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1184/1(50)
Title:
[Buddha images from Northern India.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Arrangement of a collection of bronze Buddha images.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

768. Photo 1192(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(44)
Title:
Shwe Dagon Pagoda [Rangoon]. A scene [Buddha images]. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, undivided back. Group of Buddha images at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

769. Photo 1192(61)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(61)
Title:
Burmese carving, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. View looking towards Buddha images at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

770. Photo 1192(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1192(97)
Title:
Buddha's image—Rangoon. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, divided back. Head-on view of a Buddha image in a temple in Rangoon, possibly the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

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