Petite Porte de Yéchil-Djami, Brousse [Yesil Cami, Bursa] [Turkish text: A shutter in the Green Mosque in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
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Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of doorway with pierced wood carved decoration and a calligraphic panel.
Niches de Yéchil-Djami (Mosquée Verte), Brousse [Yesil Cami, Bursa] [Turkish text: The plaster niches in the Green Mosque in Bursa]. Photographer: Abdullah Frères
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Inscription: Signed 'Abdullah Frères' in the negative Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of a group of niches with carved wood surrounds.
Carved figures, Rangoon. A reclining 'Gaudama', with attendant worshippers. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of carved wooden figures at Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. The figures represent the reclining Gautama Buddha with attendant worshippers, a form of sacred sculpture which would be painted or gilded. They are animated and naturalistic in style and are arranged on a la...