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11. Photo 88/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(13)
Title:
Holy Well S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, with flower sellers and other figures in foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 88/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(17)
Title:
Morning prayer, S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Group of men and women at prayer on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 88/1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(29)
Title:
Mandalay. Maha Lawka Maya Zain Pagoda [Kuthodaw Pagoda]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from Mandalay Hill looking down onto the central pagoda surrounded by 729 shrines containing inscriptions of the Buddhist canon. Situated to the south-east of the foot of Mandalay Hill, the Royal Work of Merit was erected by Mindon Min in 1859.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 88/1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(30)
Title:
King Thibaw's Kyaung, Manadalay. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the highly decorated kyaung or monastery in which King Thibaw was educated.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 88/1(36)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(36)
Title:
Maulmein. Great Pagoda [Kyaik-Than-Lan Pagoda]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the road towards the cluster of pagodas on the hilltop.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 88/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(15)
Title:
Great Bell, Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the bell, with a Burmese man pointing to the inscribed surface.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 88/1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(9)
Title:
Shrine S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of one of the shrines on the Shwe Dagon Pagoda platform, showing richly carved wooden decoration. For a closer view of the same shrine, see print 10.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 88/1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(10)
Title:
Burmese glass mosaic [Shwe Dagon Pagoda], Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of a shrine on the platform of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, showing intricately carved decoration in teak, and pillars covered in glass mosaic. A small group of Shans is posed in front of the shrine. Reproduced as plate 4 in Harry L. Tilly, 'Glass Mosaics...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 88/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(11)
Title:
Wood carving S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Detail of an intricately carved teak screen framing the entrance to a shrine in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda. The piece incorporates nats engaged in various activities within a design of vines. Reproduced as plate 15 in Harry L. Tilly, 'Wood-carving of Burma' (Rangoon,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 88/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(8)
Title:
Entrance of Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Looking towards the entrance gateway, the steps leading up to it flanked by two chinthes (guardian figures).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item