Oriental Collection (page 75)

Long Pipe 1836
Decadent gent smoking a long exotic looking oriental pipe converses with a cohort back from a night on the tiles

Cape by Poiret / 1914
In a year when capes were all the rage Paul Poiret creates this theatrical black & red evening cape depicted by the artist in the style of a Japanese woodcut

Furs / Grunwaldt / Plate 9
Two women with one live furry friend. Tunic dress with crochet trim, black gauze hat, black fur muff; unspecifed black fur coat ornamented with large oriental style tassels

Oriental Pipes
A variety of Oriental and Asian pipes

Evening Dress / Vionnet
Chinese influenced black dress by Madeleine Vionnet: slash neck, sleeveless with box- pleated or gored skirt & embroidered dragon motif on the bodice

Quilted Silk Coat 1922
Loose fitting cape style evening coat in sable & quilted silk with a huge fur collar exhibits a distinct chinese influence in the fabric design & tassel trim

Winter Scene Japan
A winter scene in Japan

Porcelain Tower Nanking
NANKING PAGODA, the porcelain tower known also as the temple of Pau Lin Shi. Inside the temple are over 10, 000 images made of plaster, some of them are over 6 feet high. Date: 1653 - 1670

China / Nanking / Nieuhof
A view looking down at the surrounding countryside, the walls of the city & several pagodas. An 18th century engraving from a 17th century original

Gardens / Iris Japan 1908
Two Japanese women in an iris garden

The mechanist tries to use his wings to fly. A scene from Samuel Johnsons novella, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia

Pierre Jaubert
PIERRE A E P JAUBERT French oriental scholar

Crystal Gazer Circa 1910
A lady gazes into a crystal ball while an impassive and indeed inscrutable oriental stands watching her by a brazier

Jonas Bjornstahl
JONAS JAKOB BJORNSTAHL Swedish professor of Oriental Studies at Lund, traveler in Italy, author

Thoughtforms - 37, 39
37 - Sympathy and Love for all 39 - as Above, but Influenced by Oriental Thought

Girl in Japan Clothes
A European girl, dressed in Oriental style, holds a large fan

Spotted Fur / Grunwaldt
A short, wrap-over fur coat & flat muff in a dark coloured fur; full-length coat in an unspecified spotted cat fur with a contrasting collar. N.B fur & oriental rugs & cushions

Scene on the Arroyo Chinois, Saigon, Vietnam
A scene with boats on the Arroyo Chinois (Chinese Arroyo), a waterway in Saigon, Vietnam

Queen Victoria is offered a new crown
New crowns for old ones! Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers Queen Victoria the imperial crown of India, in a spoof cartoon on an Arabian Nights tale (Aladdins new lamps for old)

Ch ien Lung, Emperor of China
Ch ien Lung, also known as Khian-Long or Qianlong, Emperor of China

Street scene in Nagasaki, Japan
A street scene in the city of Nagasaki, Japan

Temple of Kang Wen, Miyako, Japan
View of the Temple of Kang Wen in Miyako, Japan. (There are several places in Japan named Miyako -- the word means capital.)

Shinto Shrine, Ise, Japan
The Shinto Shrine (Ise Jingu) in the City of Ise, Japan. It was allegedly built in 4 BC

Sacred elephant of the King of Siam
The sacred elephant of the King of Siam (Thailand)

Devotees of Xaca in Japan have their faith tested
Devotees of Xaca demonstrate their faith by confessing their sins while suspended over an abyss. If they lie, they tip the scales and fall

A variety of 18th century Chinese vessels

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang entertaining with gunpowder
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to make loud noises to entertain his guests

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