1998.286.255 (Glass negative)
1998.286.255 (Glass negative)
Rabden Lepcha?
Sir Charles Bell
September 1st 1921?
Lhasa > Chakpori
1998.286.255
78 x 103
Negative Quarter Plate
Donated 1983
St Antony's College, Oxford
Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21
Q.244
BL.Q.244
British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections
Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] L. [Subject of Chapter] Lhasa [Subject of Illustration] Q244(bc) House on the side of Chakpori built over cave containing image of Buddha. See Diary XII, 57. [Remarks] L251 {Y in L/(D in L}"
Other Information - Setting: Bell's Diary entry for 1st September 1921: "Near the foot of the Chakpori hill outiside Lhasa is a cave. In this is a stone image of Buddha, of rather more than life size. This is said to be an imae which constructed itself (rang-chung) and to have been in existence before Lhasa was founded. At first the outlines of the form appeared on the rock in this cave. Butter lamps were offered, prayers recited etc. and gradually the image formed itself completely. The cave is a large one" [Diary vol. XII p.57]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"House on Chakpori, Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.255.html>.
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