Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa

Accession number

1998.286.69.1

Image Dimensions

78 x 103

Shopkeeper sitting outside shop in Lhasa. Cloth and cotton from India on the left; cups from China on right. Boots can also be seen for sale on the right hand side of the image

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative Quarter Plate

Date Acquired

Donated 1983

Donated by

St Antony's College, Oxford

Copy difference

Lantern Notches on right side

Expedition

Sir Charles Bell's Mission to Lhasa 1920-21

Previous Catologue Number

Q.6

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.61

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Textile and ceramics shop in Lhasa" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.69.1.html>.

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Textile and ceramics shop in Lhasa