Photography Buddha’s Disciples in the Temple of the Five Pagodas
Photography Buddha’s Disciples in the Temple of the Five Pagodas
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A black-and-white photograph showing statues of Buddha’s disciples at the Zhenjue Temple (Zhenjuesi 真覺寺) or “Temple of Great Enlightenment”, in Beijing. Because of the shape of the building, the complex became generally known as “Temple of the Five Pagodas” (Wutasi 五塔寺).
The photograph is the 416th 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 Buddhas Schüller im Tempel bei Wu-Ta-Sze. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 11.1 cm, width: 8.3 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: bluish discolouration of black colour
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