Chinese Collection (page 85)

Chinese Carpenter
A Chinese carpenter carrying a large block of wood on his back

Chinese Dung Collectors
Young children scrape animal droppings off a paved walkway

Rice in China - 12
The Chinese Thanksgiving for a good Harvest

Painting Chinese Lantern
A Chinese lantern painter decorates a cylinder lantern, seated outside in front of a fine building with traditional elaborate roof styling

Rotary Quern Milling
Chinese worker grinds corn using a hand-powered rotary quern, a form of industrial machinery in use since late prehistoric times

Spinning Cotton / China
A chinese boy separate cotton thread using a bobbin and spinning device, with tension provided by a wooden spring tied to his back

Nankin Tea Label
The label of the Nankin Tea Company depicts two Chinese ladies taking tea, attended by servants

Chinese Fish Merchant
A Fish Merchant prepares his catch for sale

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

Chinese Kolinsky Mantlet
A mantlet in chinese Kolinsky fur with a high stand collar, 2 large buttons & long fringing hanging from the sleeves to create the effect of a cape from the back. Date: 1922

Poiret Day Dress / Photo
Design by Paul Poiret: high waisted Directoire / Empire revival day dress in a Chinese floral fabric, half-length sleeves with engageantes & a red ribbon belt

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Designs from porcelain and from paintings

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Designs from porcelain, paintings, woven fabrics and wooden boxes

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Conventional renderings of flowers and fruit, painted on porcelain

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

Nizhni Novgorod Fair
The Chinese quarter of the great fair at Nizhni Novgorod (formerly spelt Nijni) - one of the great trading occasions between Europe and Asia

Russian Synod Printing
The printing office of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, in the so- called Chinese quarter of Moscow

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

Chinese Rocket Launcher
Chinese rocket launcher: inaccurate but ingenious

Child Fashions C. 1870
Boy: D-B jacket with cape, knickerbockers, striped socks & heeled boots. Girls: striped polonaise & fringed cape; tunic dresses with dentate hems, bustles & button trim

Chinese Workers Africa
Chinese workers sign on at the gold mines of South Africa

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)

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

Chinese couple
A Chinese couple

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

Chinese Drinking Tea
A nobly-born Chinese lady prepares to drink the tea which a servant girl has been kind enough to bring her

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

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Designs from paintings on wood, paintings on porcelain, woven fabrics and from a picture

Chinese Christianity ?
An inscription on stone found in 1625 at Si- gan-fou, in Chinas Chen-si province, seems to testify to a Christian presence there as early as 635

Bamboo as Symbol
To the Chinese, the BAMBOO plant is a symbol of peace and good health

Honourable Ancestors-
Honouring the ancestors in a Chinese household

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

Chinese Tiger Guardian
This is the Guardian Tiger who protects the treasures of the Chinese

Meng-Tzu / Mencius / Werner
MENG-TZU originally MENG K O known in the West as MENCIUS Chinese philosopher, follower of Confucius

Japan Tries to Hook
European intervention stops Japan from hooking Korea. Korea, then a Chinese fiefdom, had been invaded by Japan, but gained independence in the Treaty of Shimonoseki

Victoria / Golden / Prepare
Preparing for Victorias Golden Jubilee: people buying flags and Chinese lanterns

Chiang Kai-Shek / Postcard
CHIANG KAI-SHEK Chinese general and politician

Chang Tao-Ling / Werner
CHANG TAO-LING Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism

Books / Goldsmith Citizen
The Citizen of the World, or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his friends in the East

China / Korea Join Forces
Korean Peoples Army troops join forces with the Chinese Peoples Volunteers

China / Worker Rewarded
An industrious worker in a factory is rewarded with a flag. He is congratulated by his colleagues

China / Commune & Flag
An industrious commune is rewarded with a flag

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