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(JAPAN & CHINA)
(JAPAN & CHINA)
Album with ornate lacquer covers containing 32 photographs of Japan and 18 of China, with views of landscapes and temples, and examples of footbinding, torture and execution. Albumen prints, 8x10 1/4 inches (20.3x26 cm.), and the reverse, mounted; a few with a caption, in English, and an inventory number in the negative and one with hand-coloring. Oblong folio, black and red lacquer, ivory and gilt inlay depicting (in relief) a geisha by window; all edges gilt. 1880s
Album with ornate lacquer covers containing 32 photographs of Japan and 18 of China, with views of landscapes and temples, and examples of footbinding, torture and execution. Albumen prints, 8x10 1/4 inches (20.3x26 cm.), and the reverse, mounted; a few with a caption, in English, and an inventory number in the negative and one with hand-coloring. Oblong folio, black and red lacquer, ivory and gilt inlay depicting (in relief) a geisha by window; all edges gilt. 1880s
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