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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/1(378)
Title:: Potala Sho Doring, Lhasa, east face, the oldest known inscription in Tibet. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of upper portion of east face of inscription pillar. Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/2(23)
Title:: Tsuk La Kang Doring in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/2(266)
Title:: Tsuklakhang Doring in Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography General view of inscribed pillar, with capstone and finial. Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1920-1921
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(426)
Title:: Monolithic granite pillars with writing on them, five miles from Dra-nang. Two pillars, one of them with the capital missing. Square stone pillar behind is the residence of a strong irritable deity. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Dranang; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Sep 1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(427)
Title:: Monolithic granite pillars with writing on them, five miles from Dra-nang. Myself [Charles Bell] standing beside the taller pillar, the one with the base in the form of a tortoise. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Dranang; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Sep 1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(428)
Title:: The writing on one face of the shorter pillar near Dra-nang. The writing on the other face, i.e. the narrower face to the right (as you look at it) of this one, was more worn, as was all the writing on taller pillar. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of inscribed face. Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Dranang; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(455)
Title:: Monolith to left of entrance of main temple at Sam-ye. The inscription dates from the time of Ti-song De-tsen. Rests on a stone base in the form of a lotus. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography 'Sun and moon are represented in brass at the top. The monolith itself is about eleven feet high, and the total height about thirteen feet.' Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/5(456)
Title:: Another view of the monolithic inscription pillar, showing its surroundings, and a man standing in front of it, Sam-ye. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography A more distant view of the pillar and part of the temple behind. Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/6(194)
Title:: Old monolith at Tsang-trong with inscriptions. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Tibet; Tsang-trong
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1112/6(195a)
Title:: Two old monoliths at Tsang-trong with inscriptions. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; inscription pillars; inscriptions; pillars Location = Tibet; Tsang-trong
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1933-1934
Extent:: 1 item

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