Photographs, 'Bronze pictures from Eumo [George Eumorfopoulos Collection] and Stockholm Museum [The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Samlingarna) Stockholm] & few notes'

Scope and Content

369 lack and white photographic prints of Chinese ritual bronzes, used in 'Catalogue of the Chinese & Corean bronzes, sculpture, jades, jewellery and miscellaneous objects The George Eumorfopoulos Collection' London: Benn, 1929–1932/ by Walter Perceval Yetts and the collection of The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska Samlingarna) Stockholm, with handwritten notes/captions on catalogue numbers A8, A13, B.14 /plate 9; plate 36 (2); and one numbered. Photographs include images of Sacrificial vessels (祭器, jìqì), Wine vessels (酒器, jiǔqì), Food vessels (食器, shíqì), Water vessels (水器, shuǐqì), Musical instruments (樂器, yuèqì), Weapons (兵器, bīngqì), Measuring containers (量器, liángqì), and Ancient money (錢幣, qiánbì). Mostly uncaptioned. Some include photographic studio negative numbers. Various sizes.

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