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品名（中）	马德拉斯中央博物馆：第27组
品名（英）	Central Museum Madras: Group 27
入馆年号	1997年，1997.382.61
策展部门	摄影（Photographs）
创作者	Linnaeus Tripe【1822 至 1902】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1858
创作地区
分类	照片（Photographs）
尺寸	图像: 25.8 x 23.2 厘米 (10 3/16 x 9 1/8 英寸) Mount: 45.1 x 33 厘米 (17 3/4 x 13 英寸) Mat: 20 × 24 英寸 (50.8 × 61 厘米)
介绍（中）	这些非凡的古代雕塑最初装饰着阿玛拉瓦蒂的大Stupa，这是佛教世界中最好的纪念碑之一。中心的柱子来自公元前一世纪的建筑阶段，描绘了佛陀一生中的重大事件；纪念性的狮子和柱基（注意它们相对于米杖的巨大规模）来自公元二世纪的建筑大门。浮雕中的大人物是观音菩萨，属于阿玛拉瓦蒂活动的后期阶段 1797年，当英国殖民地政府得知该遗址的重要性时，该建筑正在进行石材开采。经过沃尔特·埃利奥特等人的努力，剩下的作品得以保存并委托给马德拉斯博物馆；这张照片拍摄时发掘的文物后来被转移到大英博物馆。特里普是马德拉斯政府的职业军官和官方摄影师，他拍摄了这组"艾略特大理石"，就好像他们在一场有趣甚至超现实的对话中走到了一起。
介绍（英）	These extraordinary ancient sculptures originally adorned the Great Stupa at Amaravati, one of the finest monuments in the Buddhist world. The pillar at the center comes from a first-century B.C. phase of construction, and illustrates the major events in the life of the Buddha; the monumental lion and column base (note their huge scale in relation to the meter stick) come from the gateway to the second-century A.D. structure. The large figure in relief is the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara and belongs to a later phase of activity at Amaravati. When the British colonial government learned of the site's significance in 1797, the structure was being mined for its stone. Through the efforts of Walter Elliot and others, the remaining pieces were saved and entrusted to the Madras Museum; those excavated by the time this photograph was made were later transferred to the British Museum. Tripe, a career military officer and official photographer to the Government of Madras, photographed this group of "Elliot Marbles" as though they had come together in a playful-even surreal-dialogue.