Photography ‘Great Bell’ with Altar at Dazhong Temple
Photography ‘Great Bell’ with Altar at Dazhong Temple
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A black-and-white photograph showing a large bell with a freestanding censer and other ritual objects at the Buddhist Dazhong Temple (Dazhongsi 大鐘寺), or “Great Bell Temple” in Beijing. The temple was built in 1733, while the bell is more than 300 years older.
The photograph is the 252nd 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 Ta-Tshung-Tse: Die “grosse Glocke” mit Altar. (DZ, MV)
Place of manufacture: Beijing
Manufacturing technique: black-and-white photograph
Dimensions: length: 8.5 cm, width: 12,1 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 top and bottom edges
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