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Lot 57

TWO PHOTO ALBUMS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS FROM TSINGTAU

Estimated Value:

600 € - 1.000 €

Schätzpreis:

3.600 €

Description:

China, partly dated 1895-1910
je ca. 34,5 x 27,5 cm
a) Album with ca. 60 black and white photos of different sizes. Scenes with the military in Tsingtau (Qingdao), landscapes, architecture and portraits, some dated 1902. b) Album with ca. 40 photos, mainly portraits and friends, some handwritten dated 1895, 1905, 1906. Each album with Japanese lacquer covers with inlays.
From the collection of merchant Alfred Julius Forkel (1873-1934), assembled in China prior to 1910 - Partially slight creases, cover somewhat damaged