Photography Dragon Relief on the Mound of a Prince
Photography Dragon Relief on the Mound of a Prince
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A black-and-white photograph showing a detail on the burial tumulus of a prince who died as a child. In the centre of each side of the octagonal lower part of the burial tumulus, dragons like the one in the photograph are depicted in reliefs.
The photograph is the 254th 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 Grabhügel eines Prinzen: Detail. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 13.6 cm, width: 8.6 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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