| Accession Nr.: | F.2025.49.2. |
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| Type: | photograph |
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| Date of production: |
1959
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| Materials: | paper |
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| Techniques: | black and white |
| Dimensions: | height: 11.1 cm width: 6.2 cm |
A black-and-white photograph of a silk painting depicting one of the emperor's "four mandarins" to the early 19th century. The "four pillars of the throne" or "the four pillars of the empire" were the names of the emperor's four "chief mandarins". Lé Than Tom Temple (Ninh-binh County), Hanoi, History Museum. Similar image: Imre Patkó - Miklós Rév: The Art of Vietnam. Budapest, Corvina Kiadó, 1967. picture 175.
