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
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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