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Subject Potala (Lhasa)

121. Photo 1112/3(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(44)
Title:
Potala Palace and Potala Sho, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from Chakpori Hill, looking north-east towards the Potala Palace. The Potala Sho is the enclosed quarter at the base of the Potala hill. Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

122. Photo 1112/3(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(46)
Title:
Gilt roofs on Potala Palace, Lhasa; Prime Minister's A.D.C. in foreground. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of part of the roofline. Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

123. Photo 1112/3(236)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(236)
Title:
Tents at Lugu Gardrik Ceremony. Potala in background, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography The Preparing the Camp at Lugu Ceremony: see Hugh Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year (Serindia, London, 1993), pp. 31-33. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; Lugu Gardrik Ceremony; palaces; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; Tibetan...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

124. Photo 1112/3(261)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(261)
Title:
Tents and spectators at Lu-gu Gar-drik Ceremony, Lhasa. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography With the Potala Palace in the background. See note at print 236. Subjects = Bell Collection; festivals; Lugu Gardrik Ceremony; palaces; religion; religion (Buddhism); religious ceremonies; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1921
Extent:
1 item

125. Photo 1112/3(306)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(306)
Title:
Gigantic silk embroidered Buddha images hung from the walls of the Potala, Lhasa, during the Sertreng Ceremony. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography 'Gigantic pictures, embroidered in silk, of the present and coming Buddhas at Sertrng ceremony. The two pictures are on the walls of the Potala, and are some three hundred years old. Procession of monks (middle distance, right), passing round the base of Potala...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item

126. Photo 1112/3(511)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1112/3(511)
Title:
North-west corner of Lhasa from Tsuk Lakang. Potala in background on left. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across rooftops towards the Potala Palace in the distance. Subjects = Bell Collection; palaces; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Lhasa; Tibet
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1920-1921
Extent:
1 item