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2001.59.15.86.2 (Print)
2001.59.15.86.2 (Print)
Hugh E. Richardson
1948, 1949
East Kyichu Valley Region > Uru Katshal
2001.59.15.86.2
54 x 32 mm
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Richardson's 1948 tour of the East Kyichu Valley
Notes on print - 'Katshal' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 14/6/2006]
Technical Information - This print is from a damaged negative. [KC 14/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 85. 'do' [MAL GRO DGON DKAR]. [KC 30/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 83. 'Mal 'gron dgon-pa also known as Ka-tshal. Mkhyen-brtse p 110. Mal-gro is some 40 mles up stream from Lhasa (East) on left bank of Skyid chu.' [KC 5/6/2006]
Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 306, " ... near the mouth of a wide valley stands Dbu-ru Ka-tshal (1948-9), a temple in miniature founded by Srong-brtsan Sgam-po as one of those intended to suppress the demoness threatening Tibet. 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." Also, 'One of Srong-brtsan sgam-po's reputed foundations which has a genuine appearance of antiquity was the tiny Thugs-dam Gtsug-lag-khang of Ka-tshal at Mal-gro Gong-dkar. ... It was barely thirteen metres long, and one had to squeeze around the ambulatory behind the altar. ... Nearby there was a large and wealthy temple founded by Padmasambhava." (p.294) [KC 5/6/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Uru Katshal monastery"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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