['Shwethayaung' or colossal recumbent image of Gautama, 181 feet long and 46 feet high, Pegu.] Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Shwethalyaung Image, Pegu. Photograph also used as plate 28 of F.O. Oertal, Notes on a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892 (Rangoon, 1893). Subjects = Buddha images; sculpture Location = Burma; Myanmar; Pegu
'Shwethayaung' or colossal recumbent image of Gautama, 181 feet long and 46 feet high, Pegu. Photographer: Oertel, Frederick Oscar
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Plate 29 of F.O. Oertel, 'Notes of a Tour in Burma in March and April 1892' (Rangoon, 1893). Subjects = Buddha images; Burmese sculpture; Oertel, 'Notes of a Tour in Burma' (1893); printed books Location = Burma; Myanmar; Pegu