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AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE LACQUERED ALBUM CONTAINING VARIOUS POSTCARDS, MOSTLY CHINESE.
Hammer price
843SEK
65 GBP in original currency · 9 bids
65 GBP in original currency · 9 bids
Condition
The album with loose bindings and covers. Light fraying and creases to postcard edges. Light foxing, discolouration and stains with age. Some annotations. See online images.
Read automatically from the house's condition description.
An early 20th century Japanese lacquered album comprising an interesting collection of Chinese topographical and other postcards including 'Decapitation in Canton', and 'Heads and Bodies of Chinese Criminals after Decapitation', also topographical views in Port-Said & Suez, Egypt. Yemen, Singapore, Hong Kong, gouache painted imaginary landscapes, etc.. approximately 73.