Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Sw16-018. Khaki cloth Kodak Negative Album, 12 cm x 16 cm. 76 negatives (sized 92mm x 147mm). This magnificent marble pailou, erected in 1541, is considered by many to be the most beautiful pailou in all of China.

Caption in album or on mount

Album index: Folio (Sleeve) 51, one negative: Pailou at Ming Tombs

Location

Beijing

Estimated Date

1911-1912

Tags

• architecture
• sculpture
• heritage
• Beijing
• mausoleum
• archway
• Swire
• marble
• qilin

Photographer

Swire, G. Warren

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library, University of London

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