CHINA - CARTES-DE-VISITE A collection of 37 photo cartes-de-visite portraits of Chinese sitters by, or attributable to the Ye Chung Studio, hand-painted albumen prints, all captioned in ink beneath the image on the mount, 3 with printed stamp 'Ye-Chung, Photographer, Portrait Painter, &c, Corner of Foochow & Keangse Road, Shanghai' on verso, 6 with vertical margins of boards cropped, images 90 x 40mm., [Shanghai, c.1865-1870] (37) Footnotes: A good group of hand-painted carte-de-visite portraits. Three have the stamp of the Ye Chung Studio, Shanghai which was established in 1864. From the format, and studio props and uniform style of ink caption it seems probable all the remaining images are the product of the same studio. Includes 15 males sitters/pairs (Chinese Mandarins, merchants 'from Canton', student, Barber with shop, travelling doctor, wealthy merchant, house boys, labourers, cavalry officer, etc.), and others females, 'of upper class', 'from Shanghai', 'from Soo-chan', 'showing small feet', 'from Hong Kong', etc.). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing