Opening: $45 Hammer Price: $45 SOLD Skylight Gallery 31 October 2010

CDV-format albumen print of a Vietnamese woman in ethnic clothing, from the studio of Pun-Ky, circa 1870. Print inscribed on reverse "Femme annamite appelee vulgairement Congaille" [Annamite woman vulgarly called Congaille].   ( Inventory# ic795a )

Pun-Ky was a photographer of Chinese origin who worked outside China, probably in Vietnam.

While unsigned, this image displays an ornate table and several studio knick-knacks which appear identical to those in signed Pun-Ky images.

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