Photography Spiritual Path and Stele Pavilion to the Crest of a Princesse
Photography Spiritual Path and Stele Pavilion to the Crest of a Princesse
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A black-and-white photograph showing the spiritual path (shendao 神道) to the princess’s tomb and through the stele pavilion (beiting 碑亭).
The photograph is the 260th 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 Gung Dschu – Fen: Geisterallee und Paiting. (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: well preserved
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