1929 Photogravure Wood Carving Monywa Monastery Burma Myanmar Sculpture Art Saturday Evening Post Settlement

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This is an original 1926 photogravure of the Propylaea in Athens

1929 Photogravure Wood Carving Monywa Monastery Burma Myanmar Sculpture Art Saturday Evening Post SettlementThis is an original 1929 photogravure of a woodcarving in a monastery in Monywa, Burma (Myanmar). The city sits on the banks of the Chindwin river. For tourists, the most visited place in the city is the Mohnyin Thambuddhei Paya Buddhist temple. The temple has a large stupa that contains over 500,000 images of Buddha. There are several monasteries and religious sites in the city. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hrlimann of Berlin,