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Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China: the abbot at the Temple of five hundred gods. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: three monks at the meal table. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-18711.

Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.

Buddhist monks receiving lunch at Sutthai Sawan Throne Hall, Bangkok. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.

A Thai monk holding a fan. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

A Chinese monk having been found with a woman has his neck pierced with a chain and is whipped by another monk when he touches his neck. Engraving attributed to B. Picart.

Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: two Buddhist priests. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.

A Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

Two Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage in the countryside. Watercolour painting, 18--.

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Buddhist monks

Images from the collections

Images referencing Buddhist monks

Works from the collections

Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.

Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.

A Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Two Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage in the countryside. Watercolour painting, 18--.

Buddhist monks

Images from the collections

Images referencing Buddhist monks

Works from the collections

Fangguangyan monastery, Fujian province, China: a monk ringing the bell. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870-1871.

Buddhist monks sit with tea and sweets laid out in front of them.

A Buddhist monk seated. Black and red chalk drawing by R. Strasser, 1926.

Siam [Thailand]: monks and their assistants. Photograph by John Thomson, 1865.

Two Buddhist monks on a pilgrimage in the countryside. Watercolour painting, 18--.

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