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2001.59.4.99.2 (Print)
2001.59.4.99.2 (Print)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1950
Yamdrok Tso Region > Chokhorgang
2001.59.4.99.2
56 X 45 mm
Print silver
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Richardson's 1950 Lhodrag tour
Notes on print - 'from pass above Chokhargon towards Talung, Chos mkhar dgon on ridge, Stag lung in distance on plain, gnod sbyin gang zang' is written in pencil and '613' and 'Velox' in an oval are stamped in black.
Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative album '4' - Folio 99. 'down towards Yamdrok'.
Manual Catalogues - Richardson Handlist- Album 4. 'Journey starting at Gong-dkar rdzong on Gtsang-po, 29. 18. N 90. 48 E', '[no.] 99. 'Chos Rdzong. (Chos 'khor monastery) c 28. 52 N. 90 27.E.'
Other Information - Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 324, "... on a rocky spur near the south end of the Yar-'brog-mtsho is the 'Brug-pa Bka'-brgyud-pa monastery of Chos-'khor-sgang (1950), an offshoot of the Ra-lung monastery. It seemed gloomy and neglected ... ".
Other Information - Dates: The date is derived from Richardson’s negative album No.4, the cover of which is marked with ‘Lhobrag 1950’. These images seem mainly to have been developed as part of a batch arising from a trip to Mug, Lhobrag etc in 1950, as well as images taken on other trips during this year (eg: Talung/Reting). The batch development numbers 608-615 on the back of the contact prints run sequentially and the images seem all to have been developed at the same time, and must therefore have been taken in or around this date. In addition, 2001.59.4.83.2, one of this batch, has also been identified on the back as having been taken in 1950 [MS 22/12/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chokhorgang monastery near Yamdrok Tso Lake"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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