Fergusson, James: A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day: in five volumes (Band 3) (London, 1899)

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CHINESE ARCHITECTURE.

Book IX.

when tinkling in harmony to the evening breeze, must have pro-
duced an effect as singular as pleasing. It was not, however, either
to its dimensions or its bells that the tower owed its celebrity, but
to the coating of porcelain which clothed its brick walls, as well as
the upper and under sides of the projecting roofs, which mark the
division of each storey. The porcelain produced a brilliancy of effect
which is totally lost in all the representations of it yet published, but
which was, in fact, that on which the architect almost wholly relied
for producing the effect he desired, and without which his design is
a mere skeleton.

383. Pagoda in Summer Palace, Pukin. (From a Photograph by Beato.)

Another celebrated pagoda is that known as "Second Bar Pagoda,"
on the Canton river. It is a pillar of victory, erected to commemorate
a naval battle which the Chinese claim to have gained near the spot.