Potala and Chakpori in the distance with people resting in foreground. Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford 1998.131.298
Resource #: 69558 (URL for reference)
Collections: Lhasa
Location: Potala Palace, Chakpori, Marpori, Chakpori Rikjé Dropen Ling
Description:
by Jessica O'Leary
The Potala seen from a distance from the west during December 1936, with Chakpori (lcags po ri) and the Chakpori medical college to its right. Two ponies and a group of people rest in the grassy foreground. The mountains that surround Lhasa valley can be seen stretching across the horizon in the background.
Associated Resources
Resource type: Image
Photograph Date: 12/1936