Potala, south east entrance

Potala, south east entrance

1998.286.30 (Glass negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Sir Charles Bell or Rabden Lepcha?

Collection

Sir Charles Bell

Date of Photo

1920-1921

Region

Lhasa > Potala > Eastern Entrance

Accession number

1998.286.30

Image Dimensions

103 x 78

South eastern entrance to the Potala in Lhasa, the doorway covered with yak hair curtains. A group of monks watch the visitors arrive from the balcony above the entrance

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.26

Previous Pitt Rivers Museum Number

BL.Q.26

Related Collections

British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "Potala, south east entrance " 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_1998.286.30.html>.

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