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Siao, Eva
(1911-2001)Portraits of the Panchen Lama

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

Portraits of the 10th Panchen Lama (Chökyi Gyeltshen). 1956/printed 1995. 4 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on RC paper. Each circa 30 x 20 cm. Each signed by the photographer in black felt-tip pen in lower left/right corner; each annotated in ballpoint pen on the verso.

Two photos in this group also show the Chagpori Monastery in Lhasa and one of the last monks to complete their medical training at this famous place. On March 20, 1959, this medical school (called Men-Tsee-Khang) and a temple belonging to it were destroyed by artillery fire from the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Today, the mountain is crowned by a radio antenna.
– One print with some flecks/lines in the negative, otherwise in very good condition.