Doorkeepers (guardian deities), Buddhist temple, Guangzhou
Collection
Identifier
UB01-22
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: UB01-22. From an album held in University of Bristol Library, Special Collections (ref: DM2520/1). Other prints of this photograph by Lai Fong (Afong Studio) include a numbered letterpress caption: "No. 349, TING-WONG, OR GUARDIANS OF THE PORTAL." Sometimes the number 349 has been crossed out in pencil and renumbered 350. The photograph by was most likely taken in Canton (Guangzhou), or possibly Hong Kong. See the Lai Afong (Afong Studio) Number Lists in ‘History of Photography in China, Chinese Photographers 1844-1879’ by Terry Bennett, page 318.
Caption in album or on mount
Doorkeepers, Buddhist temple. Canton.
Location
Estimated Date
1875
Photographer
Dimensions
250mm x 203mm
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
