Los 4028

China
Chinese views and portraits

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

Photographers: Lai Afong (1839-1890), Sze Yuen Ming & Co. (active ca. 1870-1910), and unknown. Views of Southern China. 1880s-1900s. 15 albumen prints, mounted to board. Each ca. 26,5 x 21 cm or reverse (38,5 x 31 cm). Some annotated in ink below the image on the mount.

Taken across several locations in southern China, this group includes views and portraits likely made in and around Canton (Guangzhou), Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Macau in the late 19th century. The photographs depict pagodas, temple grounds, stone bridges, the Willow Pattern Tea House, Tianfei Gong temple, and streets such as Queen’s Road and Boone Road. Also featured are village scenes, harbor areas, and studio portraits of Chinese women and girls in traditional dress, some with bound feet. – Some fading, foxing, and discoloration on some prints; some scuff marks; otherwise all in good to very good condition.