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41. 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

42. 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

43. Photo 88/1(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(43)
Title:
[Burmese couple of the upper class seated on a wooden couch.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Burmese man and woman seated on a carved wooden couch. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. Photo 88/1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(28)
Title:
[King Thibaw's state barge moored on the Irrawaddy at Mandalay.] Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
A double-hulled vessel with twin figureheads in the form of nats. The covered area of the boat is built in the form of a tiered roofed pyatthat. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item

49. 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

50. Photo 88/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 88/1(12)
Title:
Facade of East Entrance S.D. [Shwe Dagon] Pagoda [Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of entrance, showing rich wood-carved decoration.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1890s
Extent:
1 item