View from entrance to Iron Bridge, Chaksam, near Lhasa
Photograph
1903-1904 (photographed)
1903-1904 (photographed)
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Iron bridge chains leading from foreground over water to an island, mountains beyond
Object details
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| Title | View from entrance to Iron Bridge, Chaksam, near Lhasa (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic paper: platinum process |
| Brief description | One from a series of fourteen platinotype photographs of Tibet in 1903-04 by John Claude White |
| Physical description | Iron bridge chains leading from foreground over water to an island, mountains beyond |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Michael McDaniel |
| Production | Reason For Production: Private |
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| Bibliographic reference | John Clarke, Tibet: Caught in Time, plate 37, captioned: 'Remains of the iron bridge at Chaksam, 40 miles south of Lhasa and the site of a main ferry crossing point on the Yarlung River. The bridge was no longer in use, the river having cut into the piers on which it was anchored. It was one of the iron-chain bridges built by the saint Thangtong Gyalpo in the mid-fifteenth century. Stories of the life of Thangtong Gyalpo relate how an incident when he fired an arrow into the Kyichu River became an omen, inspiring him to build bridges for the good of all. The saint travelled to Kongpo in south-east Tibet where he found sponsors and iron sources for his constructions. |
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| Accession number | E.859-2000 |
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| Record created | August 25, 2000 |
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