Tombs: Nanjing, China [004]

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Title Tombs: Nanjing, China [004]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 59, Special Lecture China Ming Tombs, 20
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1979
Subject Animal sculpture--China--Nanjing--Photographs; Tombs--China--Nanjing--Photographs; Camels--Art; Ming Taizu, Emperor of China,--1328-1398; China
Keywords Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum; Hongwu Emperor; Purple Mountain; Zijin Shan
Spatial Coverage Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)
Description Photograph (close-up) of camel sculpture, Nanjing, China
Caption on Slide Camel, Ming Tombs, Nanking, China.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum (Míng​ Xiào ​Líng) is the tomb of the Hongwu Emperor, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. It lies at the southern foot of Purple Mountain, located east of the historical centre of Nanjing, China...Along with the Ming Dynasty Tombs north of Beijing and the Fuling Tomb of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum of Nanjing was inscribed by UNESCO as part of the World Heritage Sites 'Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.'"--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s68630gg
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340749
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68630gg