View of the entrance to the Great Buddha Hall [Da Fo Dian], Tien Dong (now Tiantong) Temple, near Ningpo (now Ningbo), China

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View of the entrance to the Great Buddha Hall [Da Fo Dian], Tien Dong (now Tiantong) Temple, near Ningpo (now Ningbo), China

Date:

between 1860 and 1861, or 1870

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.6 x 23.7 cm secondary support: 55.5 x 43.7 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0376

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1986:0373, PH1986:0374, PH1986:0375, and PH1986:0376 are adhered to the same secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, c.: with title / [title in Chinese characters] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "8" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "5" [partially erased]

Location:

Ningbo; Zhejiang Sheng; China;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
stairs
roofing tiles
balcony
railings
censer
porch
veranda
roof
shrine (structure)

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

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