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A beautiful album with 50 delicately hand-colored photographs, including 17 scenes of landscapes,
temples, and buildings, and the remaining elegant occupational scenes and portraits. Hand-colored
albumen prints, measuring approximately 7
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to 8x10 inches (19.1x24.1 to 20.3x25.4 cm.),
and the reverse, 16 (all but one of the landscape images) with a caption and inventory number in
the negative and a few with just a small inventory number in the negative; most pages with the
original tissue guards; just scattered foxing. Oblong folio, striking black lacquer covers with gilt
highlights and ivory inlay depicting a storm diety, three figures, and a cart in the midst of a storm,
and the back cover with a floral motif; leather backstrip; all edges gilt. 1880s
[2,500/3,500]
From the Estate of Fong Chow.
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