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Mss Eur F112/502a (10)

Record Id:

042-003251839

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002280492

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026880274.0x0002a9

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Mss Eur F112/502a (10)

Title:

Group of pagodas at the base of old tree [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe

Scope & Content:

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 those on the face of the cliffs Ywataung, in which sit images of Gaudamas placed there by devotees long since dead. In front and blocking them from view, save where the spires taper away, are modern shrines of brick, some in the conical Burmese shape and some in the square style of the Shans. Photograph No. 10 shows one corner of the group. The chief effect is that of gold picked out with vermilion, though in some the vermilion predominates, but in all the lower portions are elaborately decorated in glass mosaics. Behind the barred doorways the alabaster images sit on the usual glass throne, and behind, through the gloom, glimmering points of light suggest a glass background...'

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

India Office Private Papers

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002280492
040-003251828
041-003251829
042-003251839

Is part of:

Mss Eur E268 : Papers relating to the painters Thomas and William Daniell, collected by Sir Evan Cotton for a projected book
Mss Eur E268/11 : Sir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton Collection: Photographs of paintings of Indian architecture, scenery and people by Thomas and…
Mss Eur F112/502a : Glass mosaics of Burma, with photographs. Photographer(s): Klier, Philip Adolphe

Mss Eur F112/502a (10) : Group of pagodas at the base of old tree [in the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe

Hierarchy:

032-002280492[0012]/040-003251828[0001]/041-003251829[0010]/042-003251839

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur E268

Record Type (Level):

SubItem

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Photograph
Photographic Print
Platinum Print

Start Date:

1899

End Date:

1900

Date Range:

c 1900

Era:

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