Amerapoora: Part of Balcony on the South Side of Maha-oung-meeay-liy-mhan Kyoung

Linnaeus Tripe

September 1–October 21, 1855 · Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative · Photographs

Fierce horse-headed ogres support the balcony wall of this monastery building, with small seated devas, or minor deities, within the gilded floral ornament. This elaborately carved wooden balcony, part of a complex of monastic buildings created during the reigns of Tharawadi (1837–46) and Pagan (1846–52), is considered the zenith of Burmese wood carving. Portions of the monastery were destroyed after the capture of Mandalay in 1885. This building survived until 1945.

Artist

Linnaeus Tripe

Date

September 1–October 21, 1855

Medium

Albumen silver print from waxed paper negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Purchase, The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, and Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2012