Main shrine facing the north — finished [Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Genre: Architectural Photography Showing mosaic work on the columns of the newly built shrine, seen under construction in prints 5-6.
Detached shrine in north-east corner [of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of alabaster seated Buddha image in shrine with mosaic work decoration: 'The star-shaped facet work generally used for ceilings is shown in photograph No. 9. It has been employed here to cover the back wall of a shrine, and on it has been imposed the figure...
Group of pagodas at the base of old tree [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right Genre: Architectural Photography Group of shrines with mosaic work decoration: 'Continuing round the platform from the north shrine to the westward, an old giant padauck tree is seen, and around its trunk are masonry recesses, recalling th...
Lower portion of a detached shrine [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of lower portion of a shrine, showing mosaic work decoration and Buddha image seated within. This is the front face of the shrine seen on the left in print 10.
Details of shrine shown in No. 10 [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of of mosaic work on the exterior of the left-hand shrine seen in prints 10 and 11.
Old box for holding manuscripts. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. Close view of a mosaic work box in the form of a shrine, 'one of those used to keep manuscripts and came from a monastery in Upper Burma. The colours employed are dull green and lead colour, relieved here and there with a sober red.' In th...
Shrine on western face [of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
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Inscription: Signed 'P. Klier Rangoon' at bottom right. View of mosaic work entrance and columns to a shrine ('not quite finished') on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Letter from William Lockyer Merewether, Colonel Commissioner in Sind, Kurrachee [Karāchi], to His Highness Meer Khodadad Khan [Mir Khudadad Khan], Khan of Khelat [Kalāt]
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Letter regarding the letter from His Highness, along with the enclosed copies of intercepted correspondence, and stating that the actions of Captain Robert Sandeman were done without any authority or approval from Merewether and that the matter had been referred to the Government at Bombay. The...