Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

March 16th 1921?

Region

Lhasa > Kundeling > Kesar Lhakhang

Accession number

1998.285.254.2

Image Dimensions

81 x 81 mm

Image of Kesar Gyalpo in the Kesar Lhakhang in Lhasa. Below it are flower vases and seven brass bowls for holy water. At the sides tall flower vases. The image is draped with white ceremonial scarves.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Lantern Slide

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

L.207

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.219

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Image of Kesar Gyalpo, Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.254.2.html>.

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Image of Kesar Gyalpo, Lhasa