Period:Unknown Production date:16 February 1937
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Subjects:horse/ass flaming jewel
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; Fresco of an old monk leading a horse carrying a flaming jewel ornament (Cintamani) in the stables of the Norbu Lingka. The Horse (Tamchog) carrying the wish-granting jewel (representing the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha). This image is associated with the idea or realization of material wishes. The same emblem appears on Prayer Flags where he is known as the Wind Horse (lung-ta).
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![图片[1]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.146-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00630759_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-photographic print(black and white); album BM-1986-0313-0.1.146-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/Rare books/mid_00043229_001.jpg)
Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
Materials:paper
Technique:gelatin silver printing
Subjects:horse/ass flaming jewel
Description:
Photograph (black and white) from an album; Fresco of an old monk leading a horse carrying a flaming jewel ornament (Cintamani) in the stables of the Norbu Lingka. The Horse (Tamchog) carrying the wish-granting jewel (representing the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha). This image is associated with the idea or realization of material wishes. The same emblem appears on Prayer Flags where he is known as the Wind Horse (lung-ta).
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Comments:From an album of 238 prints. Album is bound in leather and fabric with “LHASA 1936.” embossed on the front cover. See also http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk.
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