Sculpture at Jade Spring Hill, Summer Palace.
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Sculpture at Jade Spring Hill, Summer Palace.
From "In and Around Peking" from the album: (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
From the album (Views of Peking and Japan, ca. 1900)
1875
Albumen silver print
23.7 x 18.7 cm.
Purchase
1979.0054.0064
Inscriptions photo-recto (signature in negative) "T. Child 1875."
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 81. Summer Palace. "Yu-Ch'aun-Shan"
[Jade Spring Hill]. This view shows the sculpture on two faces of the
base of No. 32. The left side represents the death and burial of
Buddha, his body is laid out on the table, the weeping disciples are
crowding around to take a last look at their beloved master; while
under the table are two lions--even they, cannot refrain from the..."
mount-recto (printed label) "In and Around Peking. A description of
views taken by Thos. Child. No. 81. Summer Palace. "Yu-Ch'aun-Shan"
[Jade Spring Hill]. This view shows the sculpture on two faces of the
base of No. 32. The left side represents the death and burial of
Buddha, his body is laid out on the table, the weeping disciples are
crowding around to take a last look at their beloved master; while
under the table are two lions--even they, cannot refrain from the..."
