China Collection

Mongol horseman
Mongol or Tartar horseman. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mongol soldiers demonstrating their horsemanship
Mongol warriors showing their horsemanship to the Chinese forces of Hung-Wu. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894
Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese man and a Malaysian woman
Chinese businessman and a Malaysian woman in traditional attire, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

Mongol nomads moving camp
Medieval Tartar yurts and wagons moving camp. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Plowing rice paddies with water buffalo
Using water buffalo to plow rice paddies in China. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Genghis Khan leading the Mongols. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Marco Polo welcomed at the court of Kublai Khan in China, 1200s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Confucius. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Confucius
Portrait of Confucius. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Opium Wars in China, 1800s
Chinese rioters burning British warehouses during the Second Opium War, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Chinese farmers planting rice
Transplanting and irrigating rice in China. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Singapore and Malaysian traders, 1800s
Chinese traders from the Straits Settlement and from Singapore (right), 1800s. Antique hand colored print

Making silk in early China
Silk-making in the early days of China. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Medallions of Marco Polo and Kublai Khan. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Marco Polo transported in Kublai Khans elephant car during visit to China, 1200s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier engraving

Chinese worker and businessman
Southern Chinese workman and businessman in traditional attire, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

North-central Asian people in traditional attire
Persons from Tsinghai, from Buryat-Mongolia playing music, and from Obdorsk (Salekhard) in Siberia. Antique hand-colored print

Young woman in Canton rowing a sampan
Chinese girl rowing a sampan on the Pearl River, Canton, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stylish Chinese women, 1800s
Chinese upper-class ladies in their finery, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

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World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa, showing the prevalent idea that South America was attached to Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Trade caravans on the Silk Road, the great highway of Central Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Opium Wars in China, 1800s
Chinese rioters burning British warehouses during the Second Opium War, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Kublai Khan. Hand-colored 19th-century engraving of a portrait

President Hayes receiving the first Chinese ambassador to the US
First Chinese ambassador to the US met by President Rutherford Hayes, 1878. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Chinese printers inking blocks to reprint Chinese classics - paper is rubbed on top of the inked block. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Map of Asia, circa 1870. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

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The Great Wall of China. Hand-colored engraving

Vision of Chinas fabulous civilization in Marco Polos time
The " Far Cathay" --how China was imagined to be in Marco Polos time. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Paper bank-note of the Ming Dynasty, China. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

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Scene along the river in Canton, China, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Engravers preparing books in China
Printers engraving the Chinese classics, China, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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A fleet of tea-ships in the China Sea, 1880s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Front of the old British East India House. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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