An Image Carved in the Rock - Near Wukka, Ladac

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An Image Carved in the Rock - Near Wukka, Ladac

Creator

Capt. Melville Clarke

British Photographer · 1834–1878

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Date
negative 1861; print 1861–1862
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
British
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Two men stand at the foot of a rock relief carved onto the side of a cliff. The carving depicts a four-armed Maitreya, a bodhisattva figure. Two more men can be seen in the foreground on the lower left area of the image.

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