Sélection Bibliorare
China - 326 diapositives.
Estimation :
1500 / 2500
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
Very interesting account of several cities in China such as Beijing, Kanton, Shanghai, Hong-Kong, Tientsui, etc. showing street views, chinese archers, a punishment and execution ground, elephants in stone, girls dressing their hair, a Mandarin in traditional clothes, several pagodas, a tea shop, a cotton 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".
