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1787.d.7, 3(15)
- Record Id:
- 040-003228350
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003228335
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x00118b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- 1787.d.7, 3(15)
- Title:
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Kwanyin Temple, Puto Island. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking across a bridge towards monastery buildings on Putuo Island in the Zhou shan archipelago: 'Puto is one among a group of more than one hundred islands which stud the Chusan Archipelago. With the single exception of Puto, all the rest of these isles are included in the jurisdiction of the district of Tinghai, in the Ningpo dependency. Puto is under the independent rule of the abbot of the great Buddhist monastery dedicated to the goddess Kwanyin...whose name the monastery bears...The group of sacred buildings, embowered in rich foliage, and backed by the granite-topped hill, the bright colours of the roofs and walls, the sacred lotus lake spanned by a bridge of marble, together make up a picture of rare, romantic beauty...'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003228335
040-003228350 - Is part of:
- 1787.d.7, 3 : Illustrations of China and its people. A series of two hundred photographs, with letterpress descriptive of the places and…
1787.d.7, 3(15) : Kwanyin Temple, Puto Island. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003228335[0015]/040-003228350
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: 1787.d.7, 3
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Collotype
Photomechanical Print - Start Date:
- 1870
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- c 1870-1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 233 mm x 300 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Architectural Styles
Architectural Types
Architecture
Buddhist Architecture
Monasteries
Religious Buildings