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Large group of photographs of porcelain, furniture and other artefacts from East Asia, mostly from Japan, some from China and a few from Hong Kong and Siam.
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Artefacts from the Far East, circa 1860s
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Artefacts from the Far East, circa 1860s
Approx. 150 albumen prints, sizes approx. 6 x 4½ in. or the reverse to approx. 7½ x 5½ in. or the reverse, mounted on paper then on card, printed title K. u. K. Mission nach Ost-Asien [Imperial and Royal Mission to East Asia] to top, approx. 100 with descriptive titles handwritten in red ink (majority in German) to bottom, numbered in pencil at corners
Artefacts from the Far East, circa 1860s
Approx. 150 albumen prints, sizes approx. 6 x 4½ in. or the reverse to approx. 7½ x 5½ in. or the reverse, mounted on paper then on card, printed title K. u. K. Mission nach Ost-Asien [Imperial and Royal Mission to East Asia] to top, approx. 100 with descriptive titles handwritten in red ink (majority in German) to bottom, numbered in pencil at corners