Tsechu Bumpa mchod rten
2001.59.15.100.2 (Print)
Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
1949
Region
Yarlung Valley Region > Tsechu Bumpa
Accession number
2001.59.15.100.2
Image Dimensions
60 x 60 mm
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print silver
Date Acquired
Donated August 2001
Donated by
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Expedition
Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys
Published
‘Mk’yen Brtse’s guide to the Holy Places of Central Tibet’, Alfonsa Ferrari, Rome: ISMEO, Serie Orinetale Roma XVI, 1958 [view list of illustrations]
Other Information
Notes on print/mount - 'Tshe chu Bumpa', 'Bumpa by Yarlung brTsan thang' (in pencil) written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 14/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - [Hugh Richardson in conversation with Paddy Booz; see PRM Related Documents File] 'Tshe Chu Bumpa, Tshes-bcu bum-pa, Yarlung'.
Research publication - H. E. Richardson, High Peaks, Pure Earth' , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, plate 68. "Tshes-bcu Bum-pa." [KC 09/11/2006]
Other Information - Setting
Other Information - Setting: Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 296, " ... the Tshes-chu bum-pa, a large white mchod-rten - the Vase of Eternal Life - built to contain a crystal image from India given to Padmasambhava. It is said that water pours from it on the fifteenth day of each month." [KC 14/6/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Tsechu Bumpa mchod rten"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.15.100.2.html>.
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