Buddha image between Saugang and Gyantse

Buddha image between Saugang and Gyantse

1998.131.171 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Collection

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Date of Photo

August 11th 1936

Region

Gyantse Region > Red Idol Gorge

Accession number

1998.131.171

Image Dimensions

61 x 91

Large rock carving of Buddha, 20ft high, at the foot of Red Idol Gorge between Saugang and Gyantse.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1994

Donated by

Faith Spencer Chapman

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Frederick Spencer Chapman

Revised Photographer

Evan Yorke Nepean

Previous Catologue Number

YN.23

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

SC.T.2.171

This Image also appears in another collection

2001.35.396.10.4 2001.35.38.1

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Buddha image between Saugang and Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.131.171.html>.

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