Gardens, Chinese: Zhan Yuan Garden, Nanjing, China [005]

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Title Gardens, Chinese: Zhan Yuan Garden, Nanjing, China [005]
Photo Number Box 58, Special Lectures, C & J Gardens L/R, 205
Description Photograph of a large stone as viewed through a window, Zhan Yuan Garden, Nanjing, China
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1979
Subject Gardens, Chinese--China--Nanjing--Photographs; Xu, Da, 1332-1385; China; Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China); Rocks; Stone; Walls
Keywords Zhan Yuan Garden; Zhanyuan Garden; Fairy peak-stone; Taihu; Tai-hu; Scholar's stone
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China); Nanjing Shi (China)
Caption on Slide Stone, Zhan Yuan Garden, Nanking, China.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Zhan Yuan Garden is a botanical garden located in Nanjing, China. The first garden on the site was built during the early Ming Dynasty by General Xu Da. It was destroyed but rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty. It was again restored in the last century sometime after 1949.--Wikipedia. Note: Zhanyuan Garden is one of the two most famous gardens in Nanjing City, the other being Xuyuan Garden.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption provided for this image: "Zhan Yuan Garden, Ming Dynasty, Nanking, China. South section of Garden. Door to "Fariy peak-stone," over 600 yrs. old in this spot."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6pc3k4g
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 338029
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pc3k4g
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