International Photography (4,109)

Roof figures by Pei Hai commemorating the execution of a cruel tyrant in the year 283 B.C. Hedda MORRISON A water spout in the north-west corner of the Tartar City Hedda MORRISON A p'ai-lou Hedda MORRISON Ch'ien Men, the central southern gate of the Tartar City, taken from near the railway station. The small horse-drawn cabs were rarely to be seen in the latter years of my stay in Peking Hedda MORRISON The Drum Tower, thirty metres high, which helped protect the Forbidden City from malign influences. In imperial times a drum was beaten here at nightfall Hedda MORRISON Beyond the p'ai-lou was the entrance gate proper leading to the Tablet House which contained a great stone monolith standing on the back of a tortoise Hedda MORRISON The northern end of Ch'ien Men Street after snow had fallen and quickly begun to melt Hedda MORRISON Winter morning at the Jade Fountain with mist on the surface of the pool that never freezes, the sources of the stream feeding the Peking lakes Hedda MORRISON No title (Buildings and moat, covered in snow) Hedda MORRISON Spinning silk floss into thread Hedda MORRISON Making a rubbing Hedda MORRISON Embroidering a child's cotton apron with cross stitch Hedda MORRISON Cloisonné painting Hedda MORRISON No title (Crafting an instrument) Hedda MORRISON Hand-planing the body of a Chinese fiddle Hedda MORRISON No title (Craftsperson) Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih (1863-1957), the distinguished painter and calligrapher, at work in his studio. He specialized in painting flowers and aquatic life, especially crabs and prawns Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih affixing his seal on a painting Hedda MORRISON Paper making by the traditional method, similar to that used when the process was first invented in China Hedda MORRISON Writing the titles on a Chinese work of several volumes Hedda MORRISON Pewter was used in the manufacture of many household utensils Hedda MORRISON Ch'i Pai Shih and his young family Hedda MORRISON A carpet weaver at work Hedda MORRISON The scroll mounters Hedda MORRISON A sweet-maker who blew molten toffee into a wonderful variety of shapes Hedda MORRISON Casting iron cooking pots at foundries to the west of Peking Hedda MORRISON One of the large carved marble slabs over which the emperor was carried during his visits to the Temple of the Imperial Ancestors Hedda MORRISON Painting was by no means an all male activity. There were many women artists Hedda MORRISON Untitled Mikki FERRILL Nazareth, Mount Tabor Karimeh ABBUD