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Entrance to the Temple of Five Genies, Canton, China
Entrance to the Temple of Five Genies, Canton, China

Entrance to the Temple of Five Genies, Canton, China

Artist Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1825 - 1903)
Date1860
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (23.83 × 29.85 cm)
Mount: 13 × 18 inches (33.02 × 45.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.3
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "23963"
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionImage of two young men (one seated, one standing) near exterior staircase beneath a heavily adorned roof. Chinese characters appear on the facade near the entrance. This is a photographic image with hand-drawn/colored details.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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