Dec 09, 2010 - Sale 2233

Sale 2233 - Lot 1

Price Realized: $ 5,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500
(CHINA)
Select group of 13 historic photographs including one by Dutton & Michael and 4 by A. Fong, with views of ancient pagodas and temples, a woman with bound feet, picturesque scenes of Hong Kong, Kowloon, and Canton, 8 are uncredited scenes. Albumen prints, most are 8 1/2x 11 inches (21.5x27.9 cm.), mounted, many with handwritten or printed captions. 1865-1870s

Additional Details

The illustration is titled "Flower Pagoda, Canton" (Circa 1865) and by Beato. There are 4 photographs of Canton by Fong, which were produced in the 1870s; each has a printed caption on mount recto: "Temple of Heaven" Waterway and Bridge" "Sun-Chew Temple" "The Dutch Folly Fort." The remaining photographs include "Whampoo, Pagoda," "Street Scene," "A road in Kowloon," a fisherman, 4 women musicians, flower boat, a woman's bound feet, and 4 men in winter costumes.