Potala Palace and Sho village from Chakpori

Potala Palace and Sho village from Chakpori

1998.285.80 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Potala (from Chakpori) >

Accession number

1998.285.80

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

Potala Palace and Sho village from above, taken from Chakpori. Pargo Kaling, the Western Gate of Lhasa on left

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

See H.72

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.72a

Other Information

Bell's List of Illustrations entry for H.72: "[No. of chapter] V. [Subject of Chapter] Dalai Lama. [Subject of illustration] H72 (p) Potala and Sho. In this view the hill tops in the background are clear; in (ac) [H.82; 1998.285.95] they are covered with clouds"

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: There is no distinction between 1998.285.80 and 1998.285.81 in Bell's list of illustrations, both coming under the number H.72, despite the fact that they are different images and convey very different representations of the Potala and its environs as a ritual space ( see notes for 1998.285.81 by CH).

Other Information - Related Images


Other Information - Related Images: 1998.285.80 and 1998.285.95 seem to have been taken on the same day from slightly different positions [MS 17/5/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala Palace and Sho village from Chakpori" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.80.html>.

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