Artist Index: China

Photographer unknown. Views of China. 1950s. Circa 100 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver prints. Most circa 13 x 18 cm and some smaller.

Some with slight traces of use, otherwise in good condition.

Photographer: Leong Shang Woy and Lai Chong. Souvenir photos of a German merchant in Shanghai. 1912-13. 7 collodion paper and gelatin silver prints. Each circa 24 x 29 cm. 1 mounted to board (wear in edges), 2 with photographer's stamp and most annotated in ink in German on the verso.

Includes one smaller panorama of Shanghai by Leong Shang Woy and a group portrait of members of the China Export-Import Bank & Compagnie, Shanghai. – Creases in corners, some tears, oxidation mirroring and some fading in edges.

Private souvenir album, probably of a German weapons dealer travelling in China. Circa 1900-1906. Circa 200 vintage collodion paper prints. Various sizes between 7 x 10 cm and 21 x 26 cm. Mounted to album boards, bound as leporello in black lacquer Japanese album (chipped in edges/corners, crack on back cover) with genre motif inlay (some pieces missing).

Apart from weapon demonstrations for high ranking Chinese officials (large-format photographs), the images show the arrival of German soldiers at the Peking train station as well as harbor scenes, street life in cities, temples, villages and landscapes in China. A small group shows destroyed Russian warships from the Russo-Japanese War and one shows a small Japanese submarine. – Some prints with light surface rubbing/buckling, some faded, some with oxidation mirroring in edges, otherwise many in good condition.

Photographer/agency: Keystone. Second Sino-Japanese War. 1939. 28 vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver press prints. Most circa 16 x 22 cm and some smaller. Most with agency stamp and with German/French typed press text label affixed to the verso.

The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937 - September 2, 1945. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, when the USA entered the war, it was a scene of the Pacific War and thus part of the Second World War. – Some with traces of use, otherwise in good condition.

Photographer: Lai Afong (c. 1859 - 1941, attributed to). Chinese woman with bound feet. 1880s. Albumen print. 27,5 x 21 cm. Tipped in corners to paper.

Some crease marks, a few small tears in edges, small loss in lower left corner, minimal fading in side edges.

Photographer: William Pryor Floyd (1834 - circa 1900) and unknown. Views of Peking. 1870s. 20 albumen prints. Each circa 21,5 x 27,5 cm and larger. Mounted to gilt-flecked board (warped, time stained in edges, some soiled), most with title and number on printed label affixed below image on the mount.

This group includes the following numbers and titles: " No. 851, The Observatory Pekin"; "No. 862, A Pekin Cart"; "No. 863, 867, 870, 920, 922, Pekin" including views of the German Legation, and British Legation containing the French, German and Belgian Legations as well as "No. 925, Foreign Ministers, Pekin" showing George Seward (USA), Max von Brand (Germany), Federico Elmore (Peru), Sir Thomas Francis Wade (Britain) and Jevgenij Bützow (Russia).

Photographer: Possibly Lai Fong (Afong Studio). Views of Canton. 1880s/90s. 18 albumen prints. Each circa 21,5 x 27,5 cm. Mounted to board (time-stained in edges), annotated in ink in German below the image on the mount.

Most in very good condition with strong contrasts.

Photographer: Possibly Lai Fong (Afong Studio). Views of Hongkong, Canton and others. 1880s/90s. 9 albumen prints. Each circa 21,5 x 27,5 cm. Mounted to board (time-stained in edges), annotated in ink in German below the image on the mount.

Most in very good condition with strong contrasts.

Photographer and unknown. Views of temples and architecture in Peking. 1870s - 1890s. 21 albumen prints. Each circa 21,5 x 27,5 cm. Mounted to board (time-stained in edges), annotated in ink in German below the image on the mount.

Views of the inner city of Peking with street life, the City Wall, the Lotus River and marble bridge and temples in the Forbidden City, the Emperor's throne, the summer palace, stone figures along the Spirit Way to the Ming graves. – Most in very good condition with strong contrasts.

Two albums documenting the visit of Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862 - 1929) to Hankou and other cities. 1898 - 99. Circa 110 vintage collodion paper prints. Each circa 21 x 27 cm and some smaller. Mounted to board, bound in 2 half-leather albums (spine missing, 1 replaced with tape, edges rubbed)

Many images show the important visit of Prince Heinrich of Prussia in Hankou and other cities in 1899. Includes large views of historic monuments, landscapes, harbor scenes and city views as well as military barracks and staff and members of the German settlement in Hankou. – Some photos with surface damage/scuff marks, some buckling from mounting, otherwise most in good to very good condition.

Photographer: Elmar Schulze. Views of China. 1978. 28 vintage chromogenic prints on Kodak paper. Each circa 15 x 20 cm. Mounted in photo corners to black card, annotated in white ink in German below the images on the mounts, in black portfolio case.

A group of fascinating images taken in China. Together with his wife Ursula, the scientist and photographer Elmar Schulze took a trip to China in 1978. Due to his connections, apart from Peking, they were also able to travel to the province of Shanxi (Lin region) where they visited several people's communes, villages and schools. This portfolio contains exceptional, rare and beautiful Kodak color images of China shortly after the end of the Cultural Revolution. – In excellent condition and with strong colors.