Monumental porch featuring blue timbered ceiling and red columns covering two large murals flanking ornate portal

Murals of the Red and Black Butchers

Location
Western Entrance, Nechung Monastery, Lhasa, U region, central Tibet (present-day TAR, China)

Date
ca. 1900, restored ca. 1996

Material
materials unknown

Dimensions
height approx. 13 ft. (4 m)

Photo Credit
photograph by Cecilia Haynes, 2011

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