Early Photographs from Macau and Malacca, 1857 onwards

1) According to a note on the reverse, this is a printing-out paper print (178 x 248 mm, mounted on 222 x 258 mm card) made from a paper negative (which was safer to transport on expeditions). In old clerical German script: "Taken by Dr. Jagor" (remainder difficult to read); in standard script: "Chinese grave, Malacca 1857." Dr. Andreas Fedor Jagor was an ethnographer and explorer in Asia. – 2) 2 albumin prints (273 x 206 mm) mounted on 305 x 375 mm cards, with handwritten German captions (translated): "25/3. 93 Gambling den, Macau (China)" (a timeless subject) and "Maca Green Island f[or] cement factory 26/3. 93"; well preserved. – 3) Young Chinese woman, albumin print (213 x 271 mm), slightly faded. – And: 4) Two albumin prints (122 x 173 mm); inscribed in pencil on the reverse: "Wen kien – Wen miao" and "Temple Tzuruga" (difficult to read) and "Gneisenau in Tsingkin 1911" (German ship); plus 4 enlargements from c. 1925 (24 x 30 cm and smaller): the entrance and "lucky dragon" of a temple in China.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)