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Three acupuncture needles

1970-1980

Three acupuncture needles

1970-1980

Twelve hypodermic needles, China, 1994

1994

Alarm clock with mechanical movement

1970-1975

Flying Fish manual calculating machine, model JSY-20, Serial no. 648635 by the Shanghai Calculating & Typewriter MFG Works, c. 1965

Flying Fish manual calculating machine

1965-1970

Vintage gelatin silver print by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Rushing for gold distribution, Shanghai. John Hilleson Agency stamp, Cartier-Bresson Magnum Photos copyright stamp, and Focal Press editorial markup on verso.

Rushing for gold distribution, Shanghai

December 1948-January 1949

Vintage gelatin silver print by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Traffic jam in Suchow Creek, Shanghai. Photographer's stamp and Focal Press editorial mark-up on verso.

Traffic jam in Suchow Creek, Shanghai

1949

Gelatin silver print of the heads of two Chinese soldiers, exhibited at the roadside after a battle against the Japanese in Shanghai, China, taken by S M West, 12 September 1937. Text on reverse reads 'Gruesome relics of war at Shanghai. Heads of Chinese soldiers slain in battle, and exhibited on the road-side at Shaghai as a protest against Japanese agression'.

Two Chinese soldiers' heads exhibited at roadside after battle

1937-09-12

Chinese typeset for ‘Double Pigeon’ Chinese Typewriter (Shuānggē) stored in a wooden box with the 'Double Pigeon' logo, made by Shanghai Calculating & Typewriter MFG Works, China, c. 1965-1975.

Type for 'Double Pigeon' Chinese Typewriter

1965-1975

Green plastic case for ‘Double Pigeon’ Chinese Typewriter (Shuānggē) made by Shanghai Calculating & Typewriter MFG Works, China, c. 1965-1975.

Cover for 'Double Pigeon' Chinese Typewriter

1965-1985

Rigged model, scale 1:10, of a Chinese fishing junk, as used in the Amoy district of the Formosa Straight, on stand with four wood carved fish feet, unsigned, Shanghai, China 1937, and human figures by Barbara Mary Campbell, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, 1962

Large rigged model of an Amoy Fishing Junk

1937; 1962

Rigged model, scale 1:14, of a Chinese fast sailing vessel known as a 'Lorcha', on carved wood cradles, unsigned, Hong Kong, China, 1936-1938

Rigged model of a Chinese Junk ('Lorcha')

1936-1938

Rigged model, scale 1:5, of a Hong-Kong sampan for the transport of passengers and their baggage, on stand with four gilded wood seahorse feet

Rigged model of a Hong-Kong sampan

1933

Rigged model, scale 1:10, of a sea-going Swatow fishing junk used in the Formosa Channel in China, with one large mail sail

Rigged model of a Swatow fishing boat

1930-1932