Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread, by Felix Elie Regamey

An image of Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread. Régamey, Félix Elie (French, 1844-1907). Graphite on paper, height 165 mm, width 271 mm, 1862. Acquisition Credit: Bought with The Gow Fund.

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Blessing the Sai Sin (Sacred White) Thread. Régamey, Félix Elie (French, 1844-1907). Graphite on paper, height 165 mm, width 271 mm, 1862. Acquisition Credit: Bought with The Gow Fund.

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Accession Number: PD.5-2018
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 632 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 479.69kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1

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19th Century belief blessing Buddhism Buddhist ceremonial ceremonies ceremony drawing Faith Felix Elie Regamey Felix Regamey Fitz_PDP French graphite male monks Regamey religion religious sacred sacred thread Sai Sin seated sitting thread

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