Chinese Culture I Antique Print – Costumes, Junk, Great Wall and Beijing Architecture 1894

Original 1894 black-and-white Meyers plate depicting Chinese dress, a bamboo palanquin, junk, Great Wall, Beijing pagoda and historic architecture; sheet 16 × 24 cm.

📏 Dimensions: 16 × 24 cm

What stories travel between imperial robes, river sails and ancient walls?

Original antique black-and-white encyclopedic plate titled “Chinesische Kultur I.” The composition presents eleven numbered views relating to late nineteenth-century Chinese culture: women’s dress, a bamboo palanquin, the ceremonial clothing of a viceroy and a mandarin, a traditional Chinese junk, an arched bridge, the Great Wall at Nan-Kan-Paß, the Tien-Ning-Szu pagoda near Beijing, part of Beijing’s fortifications and an old gatehouse in Shanghai.

Published for the article “China” in Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 5th Edition, by the Bibliographisches Institut in Leipzig, 1894. The finely engraved imagery offers historical, ethnographic, architectural and decorative interest.

Visible condition shows age-related toning and scattered spotting, with a rough, worn left binding edge and minor edge wear. The principal printed area remains complete and clearly legible.

Original antique print, not a modern reproduction.

Passepartout and frame are NOT included in the sale.
Any framed or styled images are for inspiration only. The sale includes the print only.