
Bat-Tsagaan Assembly Hall
- Location
- Yekhe Khüriye, Mongolia
- Date
- mid-17th century
- Creator
- Zanabazar (1635–1723)
- Material
- felt, wood
- Photo Credit
- photograph courtesy National Central Archives of Mongolia
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