拍品 107
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PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN
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PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN

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PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN

Kumbakonam: The Mahamakham Tank

Albumen print. Circa 1870s. 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.8 cm.) Mounted on card within printed border, printed title on mount.
來源
The Paul F. Walter Collection
出版
Worswick & Embree, The Last Empire, p. 68
展覽
New York, The Asia House Gallery, The Last Empire, Photography in British India, 1855-1911, 1976
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拍品專文

The Mahamakham Tank covers 20 acres and is the most sacred in southern India. It is an important centre of pilgrimage, where the waters of all the sacred rivers of India are believed to merge. The photograph was most probably taken at the time of the Kumbakonam Festival, held every twelve years.