Photography Detail on the Nine-Dragon Wall
Photography Detail on the Nine-Dragon Wall
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A black-and-white photograph showing part of the Nine-Dragon Wall (Jiulongbi 九龍壁), probably somewhere in Beijing. The detail shows two dragons with a pearl. A wall with a relief of nine different dragons is typical of imperial palaces and gardens.
The photograph is the 285th 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 Detail der Drachen-Mauer. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 13.5 cm, width: 8.5 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: blue discolouration of black colour
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