Watercolour
ca. 1920 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Burmese landscape showing a white painted stupa with a golden thi (umbrella), low trees and hills in the distance
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper in contemporary mount and frame. |
| Brief description | Painting of a Burmese landscape titled "Early Pagoda on Mountain Crest, Kalaw Burma". Watercolour on paper. Artist Captain W. Braxton Sinclair, RE., FRIBA, ca. 1920. |
| Physical description | Burmese landscape showing a white painted stupa with a golden thi (umbrella), low trees and hills in the distance |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back of the frame "Early Pagoda on mountain crest, Kalaw, Burma |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs. Mary Simpson |
| Object history | The Kalaw mentioned is almost certainly the one lying SE of Mandalay and W of Inle Lake, on the railway to Tanaggyi. |
| Production | The Kalaw mentioned is almost certainly the town in the Shan Hills lying SE of Mandalay and W of Inle Lake. |
| Bibliographic reference | Sir H.T. White's Burma: an illustration of Tanggyi (which does not show the stupa, however, is given on pp. 19 where it is described as a popular summer resort. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.69-1978 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2001 |
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