Sale 2548 | Lot 256
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September 23, 2020
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256 •(CHINA)
Group of 39 vintage photographs of Beijing and Canton by local professional photographers, many of which are expertly tinted.
A lively group of images that captures a western tourist's view of daily life in China and its exotic culture. With street scenes (including a funeral procession), temples, the Summer Palace, in addition to tradesmen, laborers, scenes along the Pearl River, a section of the Great Wall, and more. Silver prints,15 are hand-tinted, most of the images measuring 3x5¼ inches (7.6x13.3 cm.), and the reverse, with captions, in pen or pencil, and a few with hand stamps of the Peking Art Studio and various shops, on verso. 1920s
[700/1,000]