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Shrine of the 3rd Celestial Buddha, Ratnasambhava, on the south side of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath. April 1854
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Watercolour of the shrine of the 3rd Celestial
Buddha, Ratnasambhava, at Swayambhunath in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose
Oldfield (1822-1871), dated April 1854. This image is inscribed on
the reverse: 'Shrine of the 3rd Celestial Buddha, Ratnasambhava, on
the south side of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath. April
1854', together with notes.Dr Oldfield, who was Residency Surgeon
at Kathmandu from 1850-1863, wrote in Volume II of his 'Sketches
from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive...' (1880), "Round the base
of the hemisphere or mound of the temple and built partly into its
plinth, opposite the four cardinal points, are five large shrines,
covered with copper-gilt, and each of which contains a gilt image,
rather larger than life size, of one of the divine Buddhas...Above
each shrine is a gilt toran...on which is represented in relief a
figure of Garura standing upon a pair of nagkunyas, or mermaids,
each of which is supported upon the coils of the tail of a
grotesque sea-dragon."
Title: Shrine of the 3rd Celestial Buddha, Ratnasambhava, on the
south side of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath. April
1854
Description:
Watercolour of the shrine of the 3rd Celestial
Buddha, Ratnasambhava, at Swayambhunath in Nepal, by Henry Ambrose
Oldfield (1822-1871), dated April 1854.
This image is inscribed on
the reverse: 'Shrine of the 3rd Celestial Buddha, Ratnasambhava, on
the south side of the temple of Adi Buddha, Sambhunath.
April
1854', together with notes.
Dr Oldfield, who was Residency Surgeon
at Kathmandu from 1850-1863, wrote in Volume II of his 'Sketches
from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive.
' (1880), "Round the base
of the hemisphere or mound of the temple and built partly into its
plinth, opposite the four cardinal points, are five large shrines,
covered with copper-gilt, and each of which contains a gilt image,
rather larger than life size, of one of the divine Buddhas.
Above
each shrine is a gilt toran.
on which is represented in relief a
figure of Garura standing upon a pair of nagkunyas, or mermaids,
each of which is supported upon the coils of the tail of a
grotesque sea-dragon.
".
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