Lot 387

Stereoview Lily Foot China Underwood & Underwood

Estimate: $50 - $400

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Stereoview photograph depicting a Chinese woman seated indoors with bound feet visible, identified in the printed caption as a “high caste lady’s dainty Lily Foot.” Published by Underwood & Underwood and copyrighted 1902.

The stereograph shows the woman seated before a mirror with her feet extended toward the camera, illustrating the practice of foot binding referenced in the caption. The mount identifies the subject as a high caste Chinese woman and describes the bound feet as “Lily Feet.”

Gray mount with printed caption reading “A high caste Lady’s dainty ‘Lily Foot’ showing method of deformity (shoe worn on great toe only) China.” Publisher’s imprint for Underwood & Underwood appears along the mount edge, with descriptive text printed on the reverse.

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