Photography Taihe Gate in the Forbidden City
Photography Taihe Gate in the Forbidden City
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A black-and-white photograph showing the Gate of Supreme Harmony (Taihemen 太和門) on the north-south axis in the Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城). The gate provides access to the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian 太和殿), the centre of imperial power.
The photograph is the 289th of 449 photographs of Beijing and its surroundings in the album of Ivan Skušek Jr., purchased during his stay in Beijing (1914–1920). In the handwritten inventory of the album, the photograph is referred to as Tai-Ho-Men. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 29.8 cm, width: 9.2 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase - Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved
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