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
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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