Potala Sho and Lhasa

Potala Sho and Lhasa

1998.285.307 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > View from Potala

Accession number

1998.285.307

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

View from Potala of Sho with Sho Doring, the inscription pillar, in the middle distance. Lhasa can be seen in the distance and mountains are in the background. Probably taken from the route up to the Potala

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative glass plate gelatin , Negative Half Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford.

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Photo also owned by

Royal Central Asiatic Society

Previous Catologue Number

H.279

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.279

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala Sho and Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.307.html>.

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