| Accession Nr.: | F.2025.49.4. |
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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: | colour diapositive |
| Dimensions: | height: 14.7 cm width: 10.6 cm |
Color photograph of the silk painting depicting one of the emperor's "four mandarins", estimated to be from the beginning of the 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 images: Imre Patkó - Miklós Rév: The Art of Vietnam. Budapest, Corvina Kiadó, 1967. pictures 174-175.
