Cho-kyong's Temple at Sam-ye (centre and right). Steps up to it in the centre. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from roof, looking across courtyard towards temple. Subjects = Bell Collection; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
A part of the large courtyard at Sam-ye, showing Padma Sambhava's pulpit in middle distance (centre). The courtyard is paved with stones. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; monasteries; pulpits; temples; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet
One of the four large chotens in the Sam-ye temple enclosure. This is the one known as the 'Black Choten', but is actually slate-coloured. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Bell Collection; chortens (stupas); monasteries; stupas; Tibetan architecture; Tibetan architecture (Buddhist) Location = Samye; Tibet