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AFONG LAI and others

Chinese landscapes and costume studies, Cambodian portraits and Hong Kong, circa 1870s

Album containing thirty albumen prints, sizes approx. 6¼ x 8 1/8 in. to 9¼ x 12 in., three numbered in the negatives, the majority mounted one-per-page, several titled in ink, some in purple pencil, two with ink copyright stamp AFONG PHOTOGRAPHER, HONG KONG on mounts, morocco-backed boards (disbound), oblong 4to.

Lot Essay

Including a portrait of Cantonese mandarins, four portraits of Chinese blind musicians, the King and Queen of Cambodia, four Cambodian musicians, an interesting harbour view of Mah Tee, a street scene in which the street is lined with opium dens and photographers' studios and ten views of Hong Kong.

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