A pedlar making a bamboo food steamer basket (蒸笼; 蒸籠)

A pedlar making a bamboo food steamer basket (蒸笼; 蒸籠)

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: PF01-23. Photograph by John Thomson. The man is drilling holes in the side of the steamer, for fixtures to hold it together. The other man is watching. Unidentified location - perhaps Beijing?

Estimated Date

1871

Photographer

Thomson, John