Los 4027

China
Views of Hong Kong

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographers: Lai Afong (ca. 1839-1890), Pun Lun Studio (active ca. 1864-1907), and unknown. Views of Hong Kong. 1880s. 11 albumen prints. Each between 19,5 x 25,5 cm and 21,5 x 27,5 cm. Some annotated in pencil on the verso.

This remarkable group of photographs captures main sites of colonial-era Hong Kong in the late 19th century, including Victoria Harbour, Queen’s Road Central, St. John’s Cathedral, the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, as well as the iconic stone steps of Pottinger Street with sedan chair and rickshaw bearers. Finely rendered in tone and detail, the prints exemplify the technical and compositional refinement of Lai Afong and Pun Lun - two of the most important studios active in Hong Kong at the time. – Some prints slightly faded, some with handling creases and small tears, otherwise all in good to very good condition.