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321. Mss Eur F80/289(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F80/289(6)
Title:
Kun-pel La, favourite of the Dalai Lama's last years. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Kun-pel La, seated in front of curtains. Kun-pel La exercised power briefly in Tibet after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933, but was then arrested and tried. He was exiled to a monastery in Kong-po province, and later escaped to Kalimp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1933
Extent:
1 item

322. Mss Eur F80/289(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F80/289(1)
Title:
[Group of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan officials] In Calcutta Museum in 1910. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan and European officials gathered in a room in the museum, with the Kanishka relic casket on the table in the centre. The casket was found in the Kanishka Stupa at Shahji-ki-Dheri, on the outskirts of Peshawar. The Dalai Lama came...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1910
Extent:
1 item