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Decorative Arts & Collectables, Session II — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:638
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & Collectables, Session IILots with images:629
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:479
Date:19-Mar-2023
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An antique Chinese hand-carved gilt and polychrome decorated boat god, 19th century. Together with a framed double happiness Chinese coin display
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A fine Japanese lacquer inro (incomplete), together with a Japanese cloisonne box (damaged), Meiji period, (2 items), the box 16 cm wide
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An antique Chinese pottery faceted vase with iron red floral decoration, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century, 38 cm high
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A Chinese dragon vase on stand, a Japanese bronze and cloisonne vase, and a Japanese porcelain vase, 20th century (3 items), the largest 26 cm high overall
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A Chinese blue cloisonne floral bowl on lacquered timber stand, 20th century, 12 cm high overall, 13 cm diameter
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A Chinese celadon glazed opium cushion, 19th/20th century, 18 cm high, 30 cm wide
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A Chinese famille vert porcelain vase, 20th century, 61 cm high
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A Chinese timber tea tray 19th/20th century, 30 cm high, 37 cm wide
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A pair of Chinese blue ceramic gu vases, 20th century, 36 cm high
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A Chinese bronze censer, together with a Chinese spinach jade bowl on wooden stand, 20th century, (2 items), 16 cm and 7 cm high
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A Chinese bronze dragon handle, most likely from a sedan chair, 19 cm long overall
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Two Chinese ceramic pots, 20th century, the larger 18 cm high
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Chinese eggshell porcelain cup and bowl together with two Japanese ceramic dishes, 20th century, (4 items), the largest 8 cm high
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An early antique Chinese pottery water vessel of an unknown age, 36 cm high
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A pair of Chinese figural statues, cast resin and gold painted finish, 20th century, 52 cm high
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Satsuma antique Japanese earthenware vase with gilt decorated highlights, 19/20th century, gold seal mark to base, 18.5 cm high
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A Japanese carved ivory erotic okimono, 20th century, 4.5 cm high
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Two Kutani Japan porcelain vases, Meiji period, 19th and early 20th century, 23 cm and 24.5 cm high
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A Japanese bronze dragon vase with gilt highlights, Meiji period, 46 cm high
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A fine Japanese lacquered box with calligraphy set, Meiji period, 20th century, 5 cm high, 20 cm wide, 24.5 cm deep
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A Japanese lacquered document box, Meiji period, 20th century, 6 cm high, 23 cm wide, 31.5 cm deep
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A Japanese bronze tiger statue with glass eyes, Meiji period, early 20th century, seal mark to base, 15 cm high, 32 cm long
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A Japanese bronze elephant statue, Meiji period, early 20th century, seal mark to base, 19 cm high, 22 cm long
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Japanese carved ivory netsuke, together with a pair of Japanese ivory circular trinket boxes, Meiji period, 20th century, (3 items), the boxes 5 cm diameter
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A Japanese bronze vase with wave and fish decoration with gilded highlights and stand, Meiji period, seal mark to base, 38 cm high overall
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A Japanese bronze vase with silver and copper inlay, 20th century, seal mark to base, 20 cm high, 26 cm wide
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A pair of antique Japanese porcelain vases with hand-painted floral vignettes, early 20th century, 24.5 cm high
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Satsuma Japanese earthenware vase, Meiji period, 19th century, 26 cm high
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A Japanese lacquer ware box with shibayama decoration, Meiji period, 19th/20th century, 8 cm high x 16.5 cm wide x 16.5 cm deep
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A Japanese cloisonne plaque with crane decoration, 20th century, signed lower left, 17 x 11xm, 36 x 30 cm overall
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A pair of Japanese lacquered boxes, 20th century, 19 cm high, 23 cm wide, 23 cm deep
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A Japanese bento box with plain textured finish, interior sumptuously decorated with in gold lacquered finish, 20th century, 17 cm high, 19.5 cm wide, 18.5 cm deep
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A Japanese erotic woodblock print, Meiji period, 16 x 22 cm, 43 x 48 cm overall
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A pair of antique Japanese bronze dragon vases, Meiji period, 19th century, 44 cm high
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An antique Korean yoke bucket, elm and iron, 19th century, 39 cm wide
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A fine antique Japanese bronze vase with koi carp decoration, Meiji period, signed on the side with additional Japanese inscription to base, 37 cm high
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Satsuma pair of antique Japanese pottery vases, Meiji period, 19th/20th century, 9 cm high
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Kenzo Pottery Japanese Art Deco spherical vase, incised 'Kenzo', 34 cm high
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Sumida Gawa Japanese pottery vase with applied seated figure, 20 cm high
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A Japanese square form ceramic bowl, 20th century, 11 cm high, 21 cm wide
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Two Japanese export ware Satsuma vases, Meiji period, both restored, 61 and 63 cm high
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A pair of Japanese Arita ware porcelain pots, Meiji period, 38 cm high
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Netsuke, two Japanese carved boxwood examples, Showa period, 20th century, the larger 4 cm wide
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An antique Japanese porcelain vase, Meiji period, 19th century, 26.5 cm high
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Six assorted cloisonne vases, Chinese and Japanese, 19th and 20th century, the largest 18 cm high
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A book of Japanese woodblock prints, 20th century
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Seven antique Indian Company school watercolours, circa 1830s,a, all framed 28 x 23 cm overall
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Nguyan Thanh Le (b. Vietnam 1919), head of Vietnamese woman, cast bronze on ebonized plinth, 17 cm high
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An antique Anglo-Ceylonese writing slope with specimen wood inlay, 19th century, finely crafted with two separate secret compartments fitted with drawers, 16 cm high, 44 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A Thai pottery elephant ornament, 18th/19th century, 19 cm high
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An antique Indian carved wooden box, 19th century, 13 cm high, 50 cm wide, 39 cm deep
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Three antique Indian bronze finials, 18th century, the largest 10 cm high
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An Indian bone and ivory penwork box, 20th century, 15 cm high, 39 cm wide, 28.5 cm deep
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A Thai bronze archer statue with gilded highlights, 80 cm high overall
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An antique Indian painting of a seated Raj, 18th century, 25 x 27 cm, 61 x 67 cm overall
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An antique Indian painting of an outdoor scene, 18th century, 31 x 22 cm, 67 x 61 cm overall
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A Thai seated Buddha statue, cast metal with silvered finish, 20th century, together with a pair of Chinese porcelain foo dogs, (3 items), 26.5 cm high
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A Chinese Imari porcelain lidded circular box; together with two Japanese cloisonne on porcelain vases, 19th/20th century, (3 items), the largest 26 cm high
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J.G. Wooding (engraver), 'A view of the inside of a Winter-Habitations, in Kamtschatka', copper engraving, published by Alex'r Hogg, 1784-86, for Anderson's Cook's Voyages', overall 24.5 x 39 cm.
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Wooding, engraving, 'A man of Kamtschatka travelling in winter, the sledge being drawn by dogs, accurately engraved for Andersen's large folio edition of the whole of Captain Cook's voyages and complete' 24 cm x 36 cm J G Wooding (engraver), 'A man of Kamtschatka travelling in winter, the sledge being drawn by dogs', the text continues at top: 'Accurately engraved for Andersen's large folio edition of the whole of Captn Cook's voyages &c. Complete.', published by Alex'r Hogg, 1784-86, overall 24.5 x 39 cm.
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Taylor (engraver), 'A view of the town and harbour of St. Peter and St. Paul, in the Kamtschatka', copper engraving, published by Alex'r Hogg, 1784-86, for Anderson's Cook's Voyages', overall 24 x 39 cm.
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Thornton (engraver), 'A view of the summer and winter Habitations, in Kamtschatka', copper engraving, published by Alex'r Hogg, 1784-86, for Anderson's Cook's Voyages', overall 24 x 39 cm.
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John Lodge Cowley (engraver), 'An Accurate Representation of sea horses, which CAPTn cook met with, in his third voyage on the ice, near the West coast of North America, nine of which animals were shot by his order & used for fresh Provisions', copper engraving, published by Alex'r Hogg, 1784-86, for Anderson's Cook's Voyages', overall 24.5 x 39 cm.
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Isidore Stanislas Helman (1743 - 1806), Fete Donnee Aux Viellards Par L'Empereur Kien-Long, Le 14 Fevrier 1785, (feast for Elders given by emperor Kien-Long), pair of copper engravings, text including engraver, date, 1788, title and caption in plate above and below image, 30.8 x 43.3 cm (approx. Each).
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Artist unknown (Chinese school), (portrait of a lady in red), oil on canvas
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Artist unknown, (reclining nude), cast bronze and wood, 18 cm high
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Four antique Australian scene lithographs in reproduction maple frames, the largest 36 x 41 cm overall
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Japan vintage album in lacquered boards comprising an attractive array of hand coloured albumen prints each captioned in the lower margins, 19th/20th century, sheet size 20.5 x 26.5 cm
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Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912), India: 'High Caste Hindoos' (also seen with title 'Cashmere : a group of men', albumen print, circa 1865, laid down on album page and titled in manuscript, 25 x 28.5 cm (image), Samuel Bourne was a British photographer known for his prolific seven years' work in India, from 1863 to 1870. Together with Charles shepherd, he set up Bourne & shepherd first in Shimla in 1863 and later in Kolkata
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Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912), India: 'Mussulmans', albumen print, circa 1865, laid down on album page and titled in manuscript, 23 x 29.5 cm (image).
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Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912), India: 'Group of Mohammedans', albumen print, circa 1865, laid down on album page and titled in manuscript, 22.5 x 29 cm (image).
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Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912), India: 'Group of Parsees', albumen print, circa 1865, laid down on album page and titled in manuscript, 22.5 x 29 cm (image).
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Samuel Bourne (1834 - 1912), India: 'Parsee Merchants', albumen print, circa 1865, laid down on album page and titled in manuscript, 22.5 x 29 cm (image).
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Photographer unknown, 'Daibatsu, near Tokio, Yokohama', albumen paper photograph, circa 1870s, laid down on titled album leaf, 21 x 27 cm.
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Pascal Sebah (1823-1886), group of six studio portraits, circa 1875, albumen paper photographs laid down on cards, one titled 'Circassien', another 'Dame turque voilee', etc, each 14 x 10 cm approx. (6), Pascal Sebah (1823-1886) was born in Constantinople to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother. In 1857 he opened his first photography studio in Constantinople and by 1873 was successful enough to open another studio in Cairo.
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Asia: a group of albumen paper prints, some hand coloured, depicting various subjects including a Bengalla dancing girl (by Lambert), mass bone burial pits, Hong Kong public gardens, the Protestant Cemetery Hong Kong, a panorama of Hong Kong, plus several others. Various sizes. (9 items).
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Gustave Richard Lambert, (Singapore river hut dwellers), albumen paper print, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, 21.5 x 27.5 cm, laid down on card, Lambert arrived in Singapore in 1875, where he sat up a studio on Orchard Road. He was a prolific photographer of Singapore, Borneo, Malaya, Siam and china.
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Photographer unknown, Queens Road, central, Hong Kong, albumen paper print, circa 1880s, 20 x 26.5 cm, laid down on album page.
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Photographer unknown, 'Newbridge Road, S'pore', albumen paper print, circa 1880s, titled in the plate, 16 x 21.5 cm, laid down to album page.
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Gustave Richard Lambert, Malay Gamelong, 155, albumen paper print, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, titled in the plate at lower left, 21.5 x 27.5 cm, Lambert arrived in Singapore in 1875, where he sat up a studio on Orchard Road. He was a prolific photographer of Singapore, Borneo, Malaya, Siam and china.
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Gustave Richard Lambert, (Singapore river hut dwellings), albumen paper print, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, 21.5 x 27.5 cm, laid down on card.
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Gustave Richard Lambert, market view, 31, albumen paper print, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, titled in the plate at lower left, 21.5 x 27.5 cm
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Gustave Richard Lambert, Teutonia club, S'pore .40, albumen paper print, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, titled in the plate at lower right, 20.5 x 27.5 cm, the Teutonia club, Singapore. Established in 1856, the club was an elite enclave for the German community in Singapore until 1914 when the first World War broke out. In 1918 it was bought by three Iraqi-Jewish Brothers from the Manasseh family, who turned it into the Goodwood park Hotel.
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Gustave Richard Lambert, Singapore & Malaya Images: albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on image lower right, all titled in the plate, approx. 20.5 x 27.5 cm. (6), Titles 'Entrane to Cairnhill, S'pore', 'Sago Plantation; 'Coffee Plantation';'Cocoanut Plantation'; 'Rattan' & 'Singapore Fruits'.
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Gustave Richard Lambert, Malaya women: albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, photographer's blind stamp on images at lower right, all titled in the plate, approx. 26 x 21.5 cm. (4).
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Gustave Richard Lambert, Asia: albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, one depicts a female mat maker, the other titled 'Javanese Hadju';, photographer's blind stamp on images at lower right, approx. 20.5 x 27.5 cm & 28 x 21 cm. (2).
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Photographer unknown, 'Whampoa Girl', albumen paper print, circa 1880s, 19 x 14 cm; laid down on page.
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Augustine E. Dyer - British New Guinea, fifteen original albumen photographs, taken during the Expedition of the Australian squadron to south-east New Guinea, October - December 1884. Dyer was the Australian Government Printing office photographer who went to British New Guinea with John Paine (a studio photographer), for the purpose of recording the British annexation of the territory. He travelled more extensively with Paine in 1884 through Papua New Guinea visiting port Moresby, Motu-Motu, Kerepunu,…
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Hong Kong: a fine group of hand coloured albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, most annotated verso, approx. 20 x 27 cm, scenes include harbour views, street scenes, the cricket ground & city hall, Queens Road, etc, (12 items; individually mounted for display).
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China: a fine group of hand coloured albumen paper prints, circa 1880s, approx. 20 x 27 cm, scenes include street scenes and studio shots, (5 items; individually mounted for display).
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West & Son (Southsea & Gosport), (yacht race; Daphne leading Nave), albumen paper print, circa 1885, blind stamp to lower right corner, 18.5 x 23.5 cm.
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West & Son (Southsea & Gosport), a collection of yachting images, all with the yachts identified verso, albumen paper prints, circa 1885, blind stamps to lower right corners, mostly approx. 18 x 23 cm. (12 items).
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West & Son (Southsea & Gosport), a collection of yachting images, all with the yachts identified verso, albumen paper prints, circa 1885, blind stamps to lower right corners, approx. 23 x 28 cm. (8 items).
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Hong Kong: group of three hand coloured albumen paper prints, comprising Wellington Barracks, Queens Road; Tramway to Victoria Peak; and a view on Victoria Peak. (3 items). All approx. 21 x 27 cm.
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Japan: Sumiyoshi bridge, Osaka, albumen paper print, circa 1880s, 21.5 x 27.5 cm; laid down on album page.
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Albumen paper prints: various images including an Egyptian Grand Tour image depicting European visitors and their Egyptian guides on a pyramid; actors on stage; Masonic groups; a fancy dress group at Nowgong (India) 1882; a young Aboriginal male; plus several others. Mixed sizes. (11, including. Non-albumen paper types).
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China: river view, Canton, coloured albumen paper print, circa 1890, 21.5 x 27 cm.
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Photographer unknown, Tamil women (titled verso), albumen paper print, circa 1890, 22 x 28 cm.
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John Thomson (Scottish, 1837 - 1921), attrib, Chinese marine temple, Macao, albumen paper print, circa 1890, 20 x 26.5 cm; laid down on backing paper.
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Middle East: two images, circa 1890, 'Marchands de tapis turcs', and, 'Station de Chameaux, Smyrna', albumen paper prints laid down back-to-back on a single album page, both approx. 20 x 27 cm. (2).
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