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weaver, a market place where they sell coffins, Chinese musicians, monasteries, temples, the Chinese
Wall, the Ming tombs. More specific about
Beijing
: the Forbidden City (the audience chamber), the
temple of Heaven, the imperial library, a shop, the summer palace, the observatory, etc.
Tonkin
: a
living chess game, pagodas, partisans, a sorcerer and his servants, a burial, an offering, harrowing
rice fields, etc.
Chinese art works
in museums: porcelain items, jewelry, glass work, folding screens,
vases, ewers, wine bottles, figures, textile, representing different historical periods such as the Chien
Lung, Chow, Ming, Sung, Kang Hsi period. Also
40 glass negatives
of “The imperial Dry Plate Co.,
Cricklewood, London”. Other labels: “Newton & Co, 3, Fleet st., London”.
244 [Congo]
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226 diapositives
.
€ 1000/1500
Images during the colonization showing whites (White Fathers?) and
indigenous population
working, on a boat, dancing, waiting for the doctor, etc. Images of infrastructure and housing
(huts and stone buildings). Several
cities
documented: Boma, Katanga, Kitega, Kasai, Kilou,
Matadi, Stanleyville, Kinshasa, Leopoldville, Sankuru, Mayombe... Mentioning a certain “Jos
Heyman” on a couple of slides. Some rather
remarkable images
of a caught hippopotamus,
a “crazy woman”, a caught donkey put in “elephant shoes” (chopped of? feet of an elephant,
keeping only the skin), a person with the symptom of elephantiasis (parts of a person’s body swell
to massive proportions). Some diapositives labelled “eseguita con lastra Cappellini”.
245 [Daily life]
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247 diapositives
.
€ 700/900
Images of events probably in Ghent and surroundings: a
parade
(of civil services) with horses and
dogs and a fire brigade at work,
processions and feasts
in the streets of Ghent showing dressed up
participants (school children, sport clubs, etc.), a
flower parade
on the water and the road with
decorated boats and vehicles (parade of the floats, cars and (in some cases) boats are magnificently
decorated or covered in flowers), a
military parade
on the St Pieter’s Square (Ghent). Images
of the
Garde Civique
while exercising (a Belgian paramilitary militia created in 1830 shortly
after the Belgian Revolution. It acted as a quasi-military “gendarmerie”, with the primary role of
maintaining social order within Belgium, until its disestablishment in 1920.” - Wikipedia).
We join
:
211 diapositives
(some in colour) of kings & queens, popes, cardinals, military men,
etc. mostly from England. Also with Baden Powell, Florence Nightingale, etc. Some taken from
illustrations. Also slides of the Illustrated history of the “Union Jack”, 3 slides titled “National
Anthem” besides some other British and Welsh songs. Several slides of “Street decorations in honor
of the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, June 1911”, etc. Also images of jewelry (brooch,
pendant, necklace, ring, bracelet, earrings,...) from several periods in history and from different
countries. Several images of manuscripts kept in the British Museum. Several enamelled objects in
different styles (Plique-à-jour, Champlevé,...).
246 [Egypt]
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501 diapositives
.
€ 1500/3000
Large lot
containing original images as well as images of educational illustrations. In situ images
of
pyramids and monuments
in several Egyptian cities: the Hall of Columns in
Karnac
, the Isle
of Philae, scènes of Caïro, the Temple of Wadi Kardassi, Abu Simbel, the fallen statue of Ramses
at Memphis, Temple of Ramses II, the Temple of Denderah, the Ghizeh pyramids, the Propylon &
Obelisk in
Luxor
, the Colossi of Memnon, Assiout, Bedrechen, the Virgin Tree in Heliopolis, the
Mosque of Mohamet Ali, Deir el-Bahari, the Temple of Gourneh in
Thebe
, the Hypethral Temple
and the Temple of Isis in Philae, the lifting of an old sarcophage in Memphis, the Great Temple
of Isis, the Abydos Temple, the Temple of Maharakka, the Temple of Medineh Abou, the Temple of
Ramses III, the portal of Evergetes, the Valley of the Kings, the Temple of Tiberius, the Ramesseum,
etc. Another large part of the slides show the cities of
Caïro and Alexandria
: Tomb of Mohamed,
Assan Mosque, El Merdin Mosque, Badeini Mosque, Barukiyeh Mosque, Blue Mosque, Tombs