AFONG LAI and others, possibly including FELICE BEATO

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AFONG LAI and others, possibly including FELICE BEATO

Chinese noblewomen and family groups, circa 1860s-80s

Ten albumen prints, sizes approx. 7½ x 5¾ in. to 8½ x 10½ in. or the reverse, eight mounted on card including two mounted back-to-back, two titled in ink on paper labels, one with printed paper label on mount, matted. (10)

Literature

An image of two women and a small child is illustrated in Beers, China in Old Photographs 1860-1910, pl. 35

Lot Essay

Several portraits of Chinese women in traditional dress including one portrait of a seated Shanghai woman which was removed from an album containing similar prints by Beato of the Summer Palace and Peking, circa 1860; and a portrait of a Mandarin's wife, Canton.

See also lot 25

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