The 'Offerings of the Fifteenth'. Nechung's offering on right. On the 15th night of the prayer festival, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of a number of 'butter offerings', pyramidal structures decorated with coloured butter, being carried by the crowd. See Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 27-30. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; religion; re...
Rock paintings on the Lingkhor, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Buddha images, painted and in light relief, on rock face, with Tibetan man seated in front. The Lingkor is the outer circuit of Lhasa city. Subjects = Bell Collection; Buddha images; paintings and drawings; rock paintings Location = Lhasa; Tibet
At Ganden Monastery. Dalai Lama's apartments under gilt canopy; to the right behind wooden balcony, those of Li Rimpoche. Walls of sun-dried brick, whitewashed. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards main building. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Ganden Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the monastery complex. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Ganden Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography Almost identical to print 192a. Reproduced in Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), p. 114. Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Ganden; Tibet
Part of Ganden Monastery. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of central area of monastery buildings: 'In the red house below left centre is Tsong-ka-pa's tomb; in the centre below with four pillars, is the large Assembly Hall of the Monastery; on the right of this...is the house where the Ti Rimpoche lives and the Da...
Pulpit in Ganden Monastery from which the Dalai lama preaches to the monks in the courtyard below. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the stone dais forming the pulpit: 'Behind him is a large picture of Tsongkapa in centre, with his two chief disciples below him and white Drolma in the upper corners. The Ti Rimpoche is not allowed to sit on the Dalai Lama's platform. He si...