Kyichu Valley from Potala with Potala Sho

Kyichu Valley from Potala with Potala Sho

1998.285.302 (Glass negative)

Image for comparison
spacer

Compare

Raw Image

Key Information

Photographer

Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > View from Potala

Accession number

1998.285.302

Image Dimensions

120 x 163 mm

View across Kyichu Valley from the Potala showing a section of Potala Sho in the bottom left corner and showing parks on the plain

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

H.274

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.H.274

Published

'The People of Tibet', Sir Charles Bell, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928 [view list of illustrations]

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Bell's List of Illustrations entry: "[No. of chapter] L. [Subject of Chapter] Lhasa [Subject of Illustration] (bk) View across Kyi Chu Valley from Potala Sho, a corner of which shows to the left. Some of the parks with which the plain is dotted can be seen. [Remarks] Missing [handwritten in blue ink]"

Contemporary Publication -


Contemporary Publication - Published in 'The People of Tibet', Bell, C. A., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, facing p.264:"View across the Kyi Chu from the Potala. Some of the ling-kas , with which the valley is dotted, can be seen." [MS 10/9/2004]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Kyichu Valley from Potala with Potala Sho" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.285.302.html>.

For more information about photographic usage or to order prints, please visit the The Pitt Rivers Museum.

© The Pitt Rivers Museum