China Collection (page 100)

China Shache
Heavy traffic in the streets of this important trade centre in what is at this time Eastern Turkestan

China Putuo Shan
(formerly Puto Shan) - small island in the Zhoushan Archipelago, a centre of Buddhism noted for its temples

China Macao
Vessels driven onto the shore by a typhoon

Costume / Women / China 19C
A rich Chinese lady in traditional dress, holding a decorated fan in her hand

Wizard of Oz / China Peopl
Dorothy and Toto contemplate the inhabitants of the Land of the China People

Attack on Rebel Camp
Imperial forces under lieutenant-general Yarachan make a dawn raid on a rebel encampment

Prororoca, China
The prororoca, a tidal bore on the Tien-Tsang river, China

MAO STATUE
Statue of the leader of the Chinese Communist party, Mao Zedong (1893 -1976) at Kashgar, Peoples Republic of China

Sharing Chinese Cake / 189
The European powers share the Chinese cake. France backs Russia

Chinese Sorcerers
CHINA Sorcerers and magicians

China / Canton Suburbs
View of the suburbs and defences of Canton

China / Beijing Tien-Men
TIEN-MEN AVENUE

Hsuan-T ung / Last Emperor
HSUAN-T UNG Tenth and last emperor (1908- 12) of the Ch ing dynasty of China Later known in West as HENRY P U-I

Theatre / Exotic / Masks
Three beautifully painted masks for use on the stage in China. Pattern and colour played a significant part in the detemination of the characters role

China Services (14)
Various stoneware dinner, china tea and breakfast services (plate 14)

German Bourgeois Home
Two ladies sew quietly by the window as the light is better there

Missionary in China
Jesuit Missionary in China

Broken China Doll
A little girl with a jagged fringe, cries her eyes out over her broken china doll, with its smashed head and limbs

Chinese Empress & Suitor
WU TSE-TIEN Chinese Empress shown in her yellow imperial robes. Also pictured is is a courtier of a later period, Jo-Fei (1103- 1141)

Dianthus Chinensis
CHINA PINK

East Indiamen in China
East Indiamen on the Canton River at Whampoa, China

Social / China Junks C1840
Junks passing an inclined plane on the Imperial canal in China; citizens mill around, one man smokes a pipe on his boat, others buy and eat rice from a stall

China / Macao / Convent 1850
The Jesuit convent

China / Great Wall 1752
The Great Wall on the occasion of a Russian Embassy to China

British in Wei-Hai-Wei
The British occupation of Wei-Hai-Wei : Captain King-Hall reading the Proclamation

China / 100Bc / Wu-Ti & Book
Emperor Wu-Ti comments to an assembly on books about Buddhism

China / Hong Kong 1883
Victoria seen from the eastern hills

Stone confirming early Christian missionaries in China
Stone found at Si-gan-fou (Chang-an, or Hsian-Fu) in 1625, which seemed to confirm that Christian missionaries had been in China in 635, during the Tang Dynasty, when O-lo-pen (Olopun, Alopen)

Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, China
At Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising a new modernising spirit in China

Taeping Rebellion 1857
Taeping rebels

Cultivation Rice in China
Cultivation in China

Female Clerk in china factory
A female clerk at work in a china factory

Chinese couple
A Chinese couple

Dame Marjories Chimney Corner, contents page
Contents page, based around an open china cabinet with blue and white tiles on either side

Peking Summer Palace
The Summer Palace at Peking (Beijing), photographed from the lake

Rickshaws in Shanghai
A busy street scene on the Nanking Road, Shanghai, China, showing rickshaws outside the Cathay Hotel

American Tableware
The American store Housewares invites you to inspect their elegant china and glass

London Stone
Cannon Street : an ancient stone possibly originating as a milestone during Roman times, today incorporated into the wall of the Bank of China

China / Tibet / Potala C1910
The Potala, the former residence of the Dalai Potala, dominates the town of Lhasa, just as the Buddhist religion dominates the populace

Chinese and Puppets
OMBRES FRANCAISES In this satire on race distinctions, the Chinese are entertained by the comic antics of Europeans

Confucius Honoured
The emperor Kao Tsu (personal name Liu Pang), founder of the Han dynasty, sacrifices a pig, a goat and a cow at the tomb of Confucius, who surely would not have approved !

Honourable Ancestors-
Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household

Theatre / Exotic / China
Six Pekin tragedians, all dressed in traditional chinese costume for the stage

China Cholera 1911
When cholera rages in Manchuria, the Great Wall serves as a barrier to keep out refugees seeking to enter China

John Bull has a Rival
John Bull makes a pass at Japan, but finds that he has a Russian rival who is interested in Port Arthur which has just been ceded to Japan by China

China Exploited / 1914
Britain & Japan join forces to exploit China

Opium War / Taku Forts
Capture of the Taku Forts

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