Chinese building in Potala Sho with inscription pillar

Chinese building in Potala Sho with inscription pillar

1998.286.25 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Sho > Doring

Accession number

1998.286.25

Image Dimensions

78 x 105

Chinese structure housing edict pillar in Potala Shö. Pillar records defeat of the Dzungarians (Chungkar) in 1720 AD. The pillar can just be seen inside the opening.

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.22

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.22

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

Published

'Tibet Past & Present', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] IV. [Subject of Chapter] History up to 1900 [Subject of Illustration] Q.22 (k). Chinese house in Potala Shö, containing pillar recording defeat of the Dzungarians (Chungkar) in 1720 AD. The pillar or slab can just be seen inside the opening. [Where placed - book page] I, 42."

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: see 1998.286.258 [BL.Q.258] same image, but different date and event commemorated: 'Q258 (e) The small Chinese house in Potala Shö, in which is the pillar inscribed with the defeat of the Gurkhas in 1792'. Need to check which reference is accurate [MS 4/8/2004]

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'Tibet Past & Present', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, facing p.42: "The defeat of the Gurkhas is recorded on the pillar seen within this building. Below the Potala"

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Chinese building in Potala Sho with inscription pillar" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.25.html>.

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