Burma Collection (page 98)

Colourful yellow and orange parasols backlight, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Golden Buddha image standing 33ft tall inside Ananda Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

View over the temples of Bagan at sunset, from Shwesandaw Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

View over the temples of Bagan swathed in dust and evening sunlight, from Shwesandaw Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

View over the temples of Bagan bathed in evening sunlight, from Shwesandaw Paya, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

Shwezigon Paya, Nyaung U, Bagan, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The 70m long Chaukhtatgyi Reclining Buddha at Chaukhtatgyi Paya, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Traditional ferry boats that cross the Irrawaddy River from Mawtin Jetty to Dalah Township, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Incense burning at Shwedagon Paya (Shwedagon Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Natural ruby crystal
This ruby is a staggering 1, 085 carats. Mined in Burmas Mogok (Myanmar s) mines and bought by the Museum in 1924 from Burma Ruby Mines Ltd. It is one of the largest crystals in the Museum collection

Natural ruby in marble
From the mines of Mogok in Burma (Myanmar). Ruby is the red variety of the mineral corundum with small impurities of chromium that turn it red

Burmese amber
A large specimen of Burmese amber measuring 50 cms left to right

Spinel crystal and cut stone
Spinel (magnesium aluminium oxide) crystal from Ruby Mines, Mogok, Burma with spinel cut stone from Sri Lanka. Spinel is found in a red colour and has been previously mistaken for ruby

Rubies and sapphires
Crystals of ruby from Burma which is the red variety of corundum (aluminium oxide). The other variety is sapphire, this specimen is from Kashmir. The lower left specimen is the Edwardes Ruby

Amber from Burma
A large specimen of Burmese amber measuring 50 cms left to right. Note size of specimen from hands included for scale

Fibrolite is an aluminium silicate. It is a rare variety of the mineral sillimanite. This stone from Burma shows blueish-violet and pale yellow pleochroic colours

Lost-wax casting open air workshop, Amarapura, Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mandalay city, Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Shwenandaw Monastery, Mandalay city, Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Buddhist monastery, Hsipaw area, Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Nats temple, Hsipaw area, Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Bawgyo Pagoda in Thibaw (Hsipaw), Shan State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Shwe Sayan pagoda, Mandalay area, Mandalay division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Shwe Sayan temple, Mandalay area, Mandalay division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Mingun temple, along the Irrawaddy river, Mingun, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Mingun Bell weighing 90 tons, the largest ringing bell in the world today, Mingun, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Along the Irrawaddy River, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Nwe Nyein, a pottery town along the Irrawaddy river, Mandalay Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Palace of Shwebonyadanar Mingalar Nangdaw, Shwebo, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The central pagoda, Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda, Sagaing Hill, southwest of Mandalay, Sagaing Division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

The Mahamuni Buddha Temple, a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, Mandalay city, Mandalay division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

View of the Great Image, Mahamuni Buddha Temple, Mandalay division, Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Myanmar. Mandalay. Bagan
MYANMAR. MANDALAY. Bagan

MYANMAR. PEGU. Bago. Figue of Buddha in an abandoned pagoda

Bhurma. Colonial period (1887). Street in Mandalay. Etching

MYANMAR. Rangoon. Shwe Dagon Pagoda

Inya Lake Sailing Club - Rangoon - on next inlet from house Date: 1952

Inya Lake House - Rangoon

Inya Lake House site - Rangoon - Lake House. We were immediate neighbours of Daw Kin Gee (widow of Aung San), and her three children. We and they played and punted on the lake together

Wedding reception - Rangoon - Daughter of Daw Mya Sein and son of Sir Thoon Aung Gyaw, reception held on the lawn in Godwin Road

Jardines House on Inya Lake - Rangoon - Beautifully manicured garden down to the Lake. Traveller palm - fan shaped, each leaf stalk in joining the main stem forms a gourd-like reservoir of water for

wayside pagoda - Rangoon
Wayside pagoda - Rangoon - Tried out the lane at the north end of Golden Valley. It peters out into pasture but we climb a flight of steps up a hillside to where we see a pagoda spire against

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