Japanese postcards in lacuered wood album
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Description
Heading: (Japan & China)
Author:
Title: Album with 50 Japanese and Chinese postcards loose in corner slots
Place Published: Japan & China
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1900-1910
Description:
Author:
Title: Album with 50 Japanese and Chinese postcards loose in corner slots
Place Published: Japan & China
Publisher:
Date Published: c.1900-1910
Description:
Postcards are both color and monochrome, measuring approx. 9x14 cm (3½x5½"). The album measures 27.5x35 cm (11x14""), with black lacquered wood covers painted in gold depicting two men carrying a sedan chair in which is seated a woman, all have inset ivory heads and hands.
Postcards featuring scenes from the Russo-Japanese War; Geishas; views of Nagasaki; Shanghai; Hokkaido hot springs; etc.
Condition
Album with wear at edges, front cover detached, spine with remains of black tape repair, but ivory insets all present, worthy of repair; postcards very good.
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Japanese postcards in lacuered wood album
Estimate $300 - $500
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