Photography Memorial Arch Pailou in Front of Vajrasana Pagoda at Biyun Temple
Photography Memorial Arch Pailou in Front of Vajrasana Pagoda at Biyun Temple
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A black-and-white photograph showing the marble memorial arch (pailou 牌樓) in front of the Vajrasana pagoda at the Biyun Temple (Biyunsi 碧雲寺), or “Temple of Azure Clouds”. The temple was built in the 14th century, during the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368). Today, it stands about 20 kilometres northwest of the centre of Beijing.
The photograph is the 403rd 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 Yün-Tse: Pailou vor der Pagode. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 13.4 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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