b&w print
Very good.
Pictured is a metal astronomical instrument: inter-twinning spheres held by several dragons and flowers.
From Burke-Gaffney fonds. Stamped on reverse: 'The Ecliptic armilla' and five Chinese characters. Accompanying note reads: 'Photographs of the astronomical instruments of Father Matt. Ricci, s.j. (1552 - 1610) at Pekin (China). Photographs purchased at Pekin by Fr. Frank D. McDonald (1881 - ) in Pekin about 1938'.
Date Catalogued: 2/19/1998