Watercolour
ca. 1920 (painted)
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Shows a Burmese temple with its terraces and smaller stupa set on high ground with views to distant hills. In soft browns and greys with the tiny image of a monk dressed in saffron robes inside the towering entrance gates.
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Materials and techniques | Paper and watercolour in contemporary mount and frame. |
Brief description | Painting of a Burmese temple set in Pagan titled "Tha-Bin-U" Pagoda. Watercolour on paper. Artist Captain W. Braxton Sinclair, RE., FRIBA, ca. 1920 |
Physical description | Shows a Burmese temple with its terraces and smaller stupa set on high ground with views to distant hills. In soft browns and greys with the tiny image of a monk dressed in saffron robes inside the towering entrance gates. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs. Mary Simpson |
Production | "Tha-Bin-U" here is evidently a picture of the Thatbyinnyu Temple built by Alaungsithu (1112-67) of the Pagan Dynasty AD 1044-1287. |
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Accession number | IS.70-1978 |
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Record created | July 23, 2001 |
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