Insert page Colour Schemes of Throne Podiums
Insert page Colour Schemes of Throne Podiums
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The 71st insert from the album The Decoration of the Palace Buildings in Beijing. It shows the colour schemes of the decorative patterns of the throne pedestals in the Forbidden City (Gugong 故宫 or Zijincheng 紫禁城) in Beijing. The left-hand side of the sheet shows the colour schemes of the concave niches above the throne podium of the Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihedian 太和殿), shile the centre below shows the colour schemes of the decorative patterns on the throne podium of the Hall of Heavenly Purity (Qianqinggong 乾清宮). The colour schemes of the podiums in the Hall of Preserving Harmony (Baohedian 保和殿) and the Hall of the Union of Heaven and Earth (Jiaotaidian 交秦殿) are shown on the right.
Workshop / factory / publisher: Ogawa Kazumasa, College of Engineering, Imperial University of Tokyo
Place of manufacture: Tokyo
Material description: paper
Manufacturing technique: coloured print
Dimensions: length: 48.2 cm, height: 36.4 cm
Inscription: COLOURING. THE IMPERIAL DAIS. The Vaulted Coffer above the Dais in the T'ai-hê Hall, Fig. (A'), COLOURING. THE IMPERIAL DAIS. Plan of the Same, Fig. (A''), COLOURING. THE IMPERIAL DAIS. The Dais in the Ch'ien-ch'ing Hall, Fig. (B), COLOURING. THE IMPERIAL DAIS. The Dais in the Po-hê Hall, Fig. (C), COLOURING. THE IMPERIAL DAIS. Plan of the Vaulted Coffer above the Dais in the Ciao-t'ai Hall, Fig. (D)
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Last acquisition method: donation
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase – Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
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