Key Information

Photographer

Unknown. Hugh Richardson?

Collection

Hugh E. Richardson

Date of Photo

1936 - 37

Region

Lhasa > Sho > Doring

Accession number

BMR.86.1.11.1

The Potala with the settlement of Sho at its base with the Sho doring or inscription pillar and small building containing another inscription pillar in the foreground

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Expedition

British Diplomatic Mission to Lhasa 1936-37

Photo also owned by

Donated to the British Museum in 1986 by Hugh E. Richardson

Related Collections

F. S. Chapman Collection in the Pitt Rivers Museum

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala and Sho Doring" 05 Dec. 2006. The British Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_BMR.86.1.11.1.html>.

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Potala and Sho Doring