EditorialTibet. Lhasa. Potala Palace. It was the residence ot the Dalai Lama until 1959. Currently it is a Museum and World Heritage Site. Engraving."China Monumentis", by Atanasio Kirchen. Amsterdam, 1667.
EditorialThe Fifth Dalai Lama's Descent from the Pure Lands. Date/Period: 18th century. Painting. Pigments on cloth Pigments on cloth. Height: 1,794 mm (70.62 in); Width: 1,028.70 mm (40.50 in).
EditorialThe Fifth Dalai Lama's Descent from the Pure Lands. Date/Period: 18th century. Painting. Pigments on cloth Pigments on cloth. Height: 1,794 mm (70.62 in); Width: 1,028.70 mm (40.50 in).
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...
EditorialCeremony [hcham] at Tso-mo-glin, Lhasa. ‘Tsemunling’ [Tso-mo-glin] ‘house of the Lama Raja at Lassa. The ceremony is that of performing or acting a play. The figures of three of the performers are called kyangkurr and are from Tashi Lumpo’ [bKr...
EditorialCeremony [hcham] at Tso-mo-glin, Lhasa. ‘Tsemunling’ [Tso-mo-glin] ‘house of the Lama Raja at Lassa. The ceremony is that of performing or acting a play. The figures of three of the performers are called kyangkurr and are from Tashi Lumpo’ [bKr...
EditorialChinese temple at Lhasa. Inscribed: ‘This is a drawing of the Chinese Temple at Lassa, and is interesting as tending to show the powerful control which that nation exercises over the Tibetans at Lassa, who are of a different religion: still here is t...