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ALBUM OF 241 POSTCARDS OF SAIGON, including approximately 21…
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659
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ALBUM OF 241 POSTCARDS OF SAIGON, including approximately 21…
See original version (French)
Estimate €250 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
ALBUM OF 241 POSTCARDS OF SAIGON, including approximately 21 colourised ones:
The Governor’s Palace / Ha Long Bay, the House of Rice / the Messageries Maritimes jetty / the Chua-Chan Delegation / a guard inspection – Tonkinese riflemen on drill / Moïs carrying a panther / fabric weaving / a corner of the market in Saigon, portraits by Hoo-Gui / King Sisavong being carried to the palace to receive the crown / Laotian princess on her daybed / group of Khas – Peloux / group of Khas Lovès in the forest / Luang Prabang: the dance of the Pou-Gnieu-Gnia-Gnieu, ancestors of the Laotians / missionaries on an apostolic tour in Laos / sacred crane at a market / elephant / types of Shan women from northern Burma / Upper Laos: Khas women from the Muong-Ngoï region / Raquez collection: a hunt at Moung Saï with Khas Hoc beaters / royal elephants of Luang Prabang / canoe races: the victorious Luang Prabang Militia salute the official grandstand / Raquez collection: The Tiao Muong of Khong (Lower Laos) / Laotian wrestling – first place: the submissive Bolovens chiefs – the Peking–Paris motor race in DION-BOUTON cars...
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