Chinese Gate in Gyantse

Chinese Gate in Gyantse

BMH.E.98.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Arthur Hopkinson

Collection

A. J. Hopkinson

Date of Photo

1927 - 1928

Region

Gyantse > Chinese Gate

Accession number

BMH.E.98.1

Image Dimensions

85 x 112

The Chinese Gate in Gyantse with a small temple above - apparently built at the time of the Chinese occupation during the reign of the 13th Dalai Lama, when he was in exile in India [1910-12] [see Notes]

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Expedition

A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse, 1927-28

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chinese Gate in Gyantse" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMH.E.98.1.html>.

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