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Album of views of the western lake in Hangzhou, China, Ying-…
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Album of views of the western lake in Hangzhou, China, Ying-…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Album of views of the western lake in Hangzhou, China, Ying-Hua Photo Studio, c. 1929
Photographic album comprising 48 original black-and-white prints, each mounted on heavy paper and accompanied by a handwritten text in Chinese characters. The texts, arranged on the pages opposite the photographs, consist of detailed commentaries on the sites depicted and provide, in particular, descriptive, historical and geographical information. The views include various landscapes of the lake, pavilions and gardens, pagodas and monuments – notably the Leifeng Pagoda – bamboo groves, lake views and religious buildings. Green cloth binding with a leather spine, gilded title in Chinese characters 西湖全景 - Xihu quanjing - ‘panoramic views of West Lake’ and an English title in gilded letters The Landscape of Hsihu, Hangchow, with the notation ‘by Ying-Hua Photo-Studio, Hangchow’. Wooden storage box bearing the title 西湖风景 (a title slightly different from that on the album in terms of the third character) in engraved and green-painted characters, as well as a smaller Chinese inscription and a red stamp.
Album dimensions: 18 x 25.5 cm; print dimensions: 13.7 x 19.2 cm
Signs of wear and scuffing to the binding and box; a few stains and signs of wear on the pages; the photographs show traces of deterioration and superficial scratches in places.
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Lot description modified on 10/20/2026 at 10:43 AM
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