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Lot 874: Antique Japanese Albumen Photograph

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Start price: $10

Estimated price: $50 - $500

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Early Meiji period, circa 1890.

View of Nagasaki harbor. Photographer unknown. The Dutch enclave is positioned at the center of the shoreline closeup. Only a little of the artificial island of Dejima is apparent. Details in the image places the photograph perhaps a decade before 1890.
Attached at corners to a paper backing.



7.75"H x 10.75?W.

Condition: Antique condition with creases and small tears near the edges.