The ‘Stone Pencil’ (Fuxue Wenbi Tower 宁波府学文笔塔) and a pool, in the Ningbo Prefecture School (旧时宁波府学内的文笔塔), Ningbo (宁波市)

The ‘Stone Pencil’ (Fuxue Wenbi Tower 宁波府学文笔塔) and a pool, in the Ningbo Prefecture School (旧时宁波府学内的文笔塔), Ningbo (宁波市)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo02-059. The characters on the pailou (蛟騰 jiāo téng), roughly translate to ‘dragon soaring’.

Caption in album or on mount

55. Stone Pencil & Pool.

Location

Ningbo

Estimated Date

1870

Photographer

Watson, Major J.C.

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Terry Bennett Collection

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