Amerapoora: Part of Balcony on the South Side of Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung, September 1–October 21, 1855, Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative, Image: 26.9 x 34.7 cm (10 9/16 x 13 11/16 in.), Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport), Fierce horse-headed ogres support the balcony wall of this monastery building, with small seated devas, or minor deities, within the gilded floral ornament. This elaborately carved wooden balcony, part of a complex of monastic buildings created during the reigns of Tharawadi (1837–46) and Pagan (1846–52), is considered the zenith of Burmese wood carving
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Amerapoora, Part, Balcony, South Side, Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung, September 1–October 21, 1855, Albumen silver print, waxed paper negative, Image, 26.9 x 34.7 cm, 10 9/16 13 11/16, Photographs, Linnaeus Tripe, British, Devonport, Plymouth Dock, 1822–1902, Fierce horse-headed, ogres, support, balcony wall, monastery building, small seated, devas, minor deities, within, gilded floral, ornament, elaborately carved, wooden, balcony, part, complex, monastic buildings, created, reigns, Tharawadi, 1837–46, Pagan, 1846–52, considered, zenith, Burmese wood, carving
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