Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.The elaborately carved Shwe Zeegong Pagoda was the most popular Buddhist pilgrimage site at Pugahm Myo. As Tripe noted, it was "one of the favourite places of worship in Burma on account of the tooth-relic from Ceylon" and a "frontal bone" relic of Buddha inside the stupa.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pugahm Myo: Carved Doorway in courtyard of Shwe Zeegong Pagoda
- Artist: Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)
- Date: August 20–24, 1855, or October 23, 1855
- Dimensions: image: 32.5 × 26.9 cm (12 13/16 × 10 9/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Diana and Mallory Walker Fund
- Curatorial Department: Photographs