View of a stupa at the Temple of Divine Light [Lingguangsi], Cuiwei Hill, Western Hills, near Peking (now Beijing), China

People:

Unknown (photographer)

Title:

View of a stupa at the Temple of Divine Light [Lingguangsi], Cuiwei Hill, Western Hills, near Peking (now Beijing), China

Date:

1887 or before

Description:

- The imprinted label was possibly included after the album was assembled.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 28.2 x 21.7 cm secondary support: 37.2 x 27.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:1203:014

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

dated and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, b.: "1887. Shrine in Pekin- Containing one of Buddha's teeth-" labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label associated with the photograph: "[Chinese characters] / No. 856, PEKIN." and with a description of the temple and the presence there of one of Buddha's teeth

Location:

Beijing; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
brickwork (masonry)
stupa
spire
chorten

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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