Photography Temple in Vicinity of the White Stupa in Beihai Park
Photography Temple in Vicinity of the White Stupa in Beihai Park
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A black-and-white photograph showing an interesting wooden temple on a high brick platform near the White Stupa (Baita 白塔) in Beihai Park (Beihai Gongyuan 北海公園) in Beijing, which was once an imperial garden.
The photograph is the 296th 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 Ming-Pagode: Tempel. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 8.2 cm, width: 8.9 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: blue discolouration of black colour
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