This image previously appeared in Terry Bennett's "History of Photography in China: Chinese Photographers 1844-1879", published by Bernard Quaritch in 2013, with the caption:
Fig. 6.24. Lai Fong (Afong Studio). ‘No. 34. Group of
Chinese Actors and Actresses’, 1870s. The original number
has been crossed through in pencil and the new number
‘691’ has been substituted. Author’s Collection.
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It is reproduced here with the permission of the author and publisher.
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Re: Platform shoes still in use in Chinese Opera
Hi there,
Those platform shoes are still in used by Chinese Opera troops today. A note. They are not flats though. They are slanted upwards towards the toes. Sort of awkward and a bit difficult to walk on.
T