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2001.59.15.80.2 (Print)
2001.59.15.80.2 (Print)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1949
Tsangpo Valley Region > 'On Valley > Keru
2001.59.15.80.2
60 x 60 mm
Print silver
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys
Notes on print/mount - ' Keru ' 'Keru', 'On Dzong', 'On Keru' is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 12/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 80. 'do' [On Ke ru]. [KC 30/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 80. 'On Ke-ru, in a valley north of the Mnga'-ris. See Mkhyen-brtse p 119 note 188.
Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 317, "Some eight miles up the 'On valley is the ancient temple of Ke-ru (1949). It has a small assembly hall and at the back of it a red-painted door in roughly carved pillars opens onto the ancient chapel in which is a superb Sakyamuni Buddha, perhaps the most beautiful in Tibet. ... There is also a chapel of Atisa with a mchod-rten in the Indian style." [KC 5/6/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Keru temple in the 'On valley"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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