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VALOIR POUSSE-CORNET Maison de ventes

660 - ALBUM OF 136 POSTCARDS SHOWING TRADES AND ETHNIC GROUPS ((To…
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Estimate €250 - €400
Sale commission
Description
ALBUM OF 136 POSTCARDS SHOWING TRADES AND ETHNIC GROUPS ((Tonkin–Hanoi–Saigon–Cochinchina)), including approximately 8 colourised ones: rice transplanting / Annamite sculptor’s workshop / sugar cane traders / the Japanese woman Oki Kou and her companions / parasol makers / Doson women fishing with baskets / Annamite wrestling / crab hunter / indigenous flower and alcohol distillery / carpenters and sawyers / charcoal sellers on the river embankment / bamboo porter / tiger caught and killed in a trap / Sino-Annamite border: sugar production / Cholon: Annamite coolies / indigenous carvers and carpenters / bark and betel nut seller / barber and ear cleaner / public scribe / flower seller / embroiderers and draughtsmen / Chinese washerwomen at work: Chinese washerwomen / straw hat makers / decorative painters / a high-class prostitute / a doctor with long fingernails / paper-peeling women in the paper village / indigenous Annamite blacksmiths / areca nut sellers / an indigenous woman selling sweets...
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About the sale AFRICA - ASIA
Auction location
Auction time 10/19/2026 at 9:00 AM
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