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Title
Bilder im Tempel des Stadtgottes
Pictures in the temple of the town deity
Creator
Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1911
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "The pictures in the temple of the town deity have been destroyed, in Junon."
Annotation: "Zerstörte Bilder im Tempel des Stadtgottes, in Junon."
Note: A-30-0,1: "Bilder im Tempel des Stadtgottes zerstört v. d. Revolutionären."
Note translation: A-30-0,1: "Pictures in the temple of the town deity have been destroyed by the revolutionaries." - The German uses the word for "pictures" ("Bilder") but means, I assume "Bildnisse" = "images". The damaged objects are clearly three-dimensional. (PJ 03.1999).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
7.9 x 11.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m19460 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-234
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m19460
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-234.jpg
Subject
Buddhism
Deity, representation of
Destruction
Iconoclasm
Interior
Revolution
Statue
Taoism
Temple
Town
Time Period
1911
Place
Heyuan
Yun nan
Source
A-30.10.058 [Reference number]
A-30.55.023; QW-30.005.0008 [Same image reference number]
Relation
China. Religion. Buddhism, Confusianism, Places of Veneration, Representation of Deities, Festivals
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17411
impa-m19932; impa-m50386
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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