Painting depicting hilltop palace surrounded by prominent building complexes and settlements situated in green landscape

The Potala and the Principal Monuments of Central Tibet

Location
Tibet

Date
19th century

Material
distemper on cloth

Dimensions
38¾ x 28 3/8 in. (98.5 x 72 cm)

Collection
Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris; MG21248

Photo Credit
photograph by Jean Schormans © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY

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