Photography Long Wanga Statue on Longevity Hill
Photography Long Wanga Statue on Longevity Hill
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A black-and-white photograph showing the statue of the Dragon King (Longwang 龍王) on Longevity Hill (Wanshoushan 萬壽山) or “Mountain of Longevity” in Beijing. The mountain is home to the Summer Palace (Yiheyuan 頤和園), which covers several hectares.
The photograph is the 353rd 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 Lung-Wang (Drachen-König ) and Wan-Sho-Schan. (DZ, MV).
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 8.6 cm, width: 13.5 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, trimmed left- and right-hand edges
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