Title

'Wood Carved Shrines with Glass Mosaic work at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon', 1900. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Wood Carved Shrines with Glass Mosaic work at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon', 1900. Built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries on Singuttara Hill, the Pagoda is the most sacred to Buddhists in Myanmar. From "Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd., Rangoon, 1900]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D53_495

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,3Mb (2,8Mb) / 17,9in x 12,9in / 5376 x 3856 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors hill glass wood people Asia religious architecture arts country religion book geography Myanmar Burma decorative sacred shrine stupa wooden pagoda carved mosaic location gilt century architectural gilded Rangoon Yangon Shwedagon Pagoda literature facade Burmese concept Southeast Asia B&W MONOCHROME 10th Century tenth century black & white black and white B W tope Mon 1900s 20th century façade The Print Collector geographical feature Myanmar (Burma) TGN blessed outside Myanmarian building exterior photograph Unknown cella Ltd Typical Photographs of Burma Rowe and Co Ltd Rowe and Co Singuttara Hill Rowe and Co Ltd photograph