View of a Buddhist stone altar set in front of a tomb, near Tung-chow (now Tongzhou, also now known as Tongxian), China
between 3 October and 5 October 1860
- Felice Beato made several views of this temple complex, showing stone doorways and walls, stelae, a stone altar set, and the tomb itself (Harris, pp. 97-99, cat. nos. 52-54).
- This photograph, taken in the inner section of the tomb complex, shows an altar set comprising two stone altars: one supporting the five stone vessels visible in the foreground, and a second altar, of uncertain purpose, surmounted by at least two carved stone "pineapples", visible behind (Paludan, p. 187; p. 189, fig. 200). The dome-like tomb itself is just visible in the background, behind a candlestick, at c.l.
Albumen silver print
comp.: 24.3 x 30.0 cm secondary support: 36.7 x 52.0 cm
PH1986:0901:024
inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: "22"
Tongzhou; Beijing; China;
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