CHINA FUZHOU TRADITIONAL PALANQUIN - VINTAGE 1900 - COLL. BOERSCHMANN RARE

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China, Fuzhou (or Foochow)traditional dressed man carrying a palanquin Vintage print semi mat collodium paper , 1900 or earlier Not an reproduction, not a later print! backside unwritten except the location Provenance: This photo postcard comes from the former collection of the famous German architect, photographer and publisher Ernst Boerschmann (1873 - 1949) . 1906 he travelled for 2 years through 1 2 Chinese provinces . He took a lot of photographs. These photographs were the stock for his several books about Chinese architecture and Landscape. Boerschmann bought also several photographs from the Japanese photograp her S. Yamamoto , who had a studio in Beijing and who made a lot of photo graphs from Chinese sites and landscapes at the end of 19th century. The first book was published 192 3. From 1933-1937 he made his third long travel th rough China. 8.4 x 5.9 inches (21,0 x 14,8 cm) phantastic good conditionon the left side very slight crease extremely rare very likely unique ____________________________________________________________________________ Please pay attention: with a result equal or over 25.00 Euro we will ship only by registered mail! We offer combined shipping of several articles. Won articles can be collected for a period of 7 days. Please kindly mind that our shipping fees include also the use of very read more