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Chinese Vintage Postcard Foot Binding. 缠足

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Lily Foot. Foot-binding in China. Vintage Postcard app. 1900

Chinese b/w vintage postcard depicting a bound foot

Published by Denniston & Sullivan, Shanghai. Unused, very fine condition.

Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th century and ending in the first half of 20th century.

To enable the size of the feet to be reduced, the toes on each foot were curled under, then pressed with great force downwards and squeezed into the sole of the foot until the toes break.

This was all carried out with no pain relief, causing the girl to experience severe pain. The broken toes were then held tightly against the sole of the foot. The foot was then drawn down straight with the leg and the arch forcibly broken.

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Chinese Painting of a Peke, Ink and Color on Silk, framed

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Chinese Silk Painting of a Peke, framed

Cute old Chinese painting, depicting a Pekingese (Peke). Delicate painting in gongbi-technique, ink and colors on silk.
Matted in traditional Chinese way and later on put in a western frame. Size: 6 x 8 inches ist he actual painting – 11,2 x 13,2 inches is the frame.

Some soiling at the cardboard at the reverse not affecting the painting. The painting is from the first half of last century, Small red artist’s chop at lower left corner.

Scarce Postcard by Friedrich Schiff. Chinese Juggler Girl

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Scarce Postcard by Friedrich Schiff. Chinese Juggler Girl

 

Chinese vintage postcard after a cartoon by Friedrich Schiff, an Austrian Jew who lived in Shanghai during the 1930s and 40s.
In 1930 Schiff visited Shanghai and ended up living there for 14 years,until 1947 when he moved to Buenos Aires.

His amusing caricatures of the city’s inhabitants, from beggars and expats to sailors and sing-song girls became famous world wide.

The Viennese Friedrich Schiff society (oegcf. Prof. Gerd Kaminski) has a huge collection of his paintings, drawings and cartoons and set up a permanent exhibition of his works.

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业奉棋 鼻烟壶. Desirable, beautiful Crystal Rock Snuff Bottle by Ye Fengqi

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Crystal Rock Snuff Bottle, inside Painting, Ye Fengqi.

 

Desirable, beautiful crystal rock snuff bottle by Ye Fengqi, a son of master Ye Zhongsan and brother of the also famous Ye Xiaofeng.
The snuff bottle comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. 2,5 x 1,2 x 3,4
inches.

One side of the bottle shows the poet Li Taibo with a pupil. At the reverse is a dedication to the famous master of Peking Opera, Shang Xiaoyun (1900-1976), an important actor of Dan-roles.
Signed Ye Fengqi, 1931.

Coral stopper, Silver spoon. Fine condition.

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Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin. 19th Century Etching

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collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin. 19th Century Etching: “Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin near Peking. Delicate 19th Century Etching. Drawn by Thomas Allom, engraved by A. Wilmore.

 

Pavilion and Gardens of a Mandarin etching

Issued by Fisher, Son & Co. London Paris.

Very nice picture showing a Chinese mandarin, his wife, their child and servants.

 

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Postcard Austrian Legation in Peking. Special Cancellation

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Peking Postcard Austrian Legation. Special Cancellation

Imperial China: Old color postcard with view at the building of the Austrian Consulate in Beijing.

1 Cent stamp with Lutai – cancellation. The same strike at reverse. Additional, scarce ( non-postal) cancellation of the Austro-Hungarian Legation „Legation Imperiale et Royale d’Autriche-Hongarie en Chine“.

Unused, fine condition.

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Boxerrebellion, China: Authentic Sword, captured by German soldiers

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China, Boxer-Rebellion: Sword, captured from Rebels. Authentic.

Ming Dynasty Jade

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Boxerrebellion, China: Authentic Sword, used by rebels, captured by German soldiers. This sabre was used by Boxer rebels and later was presented to a German marine as honor.

Engraved in the blade are the characters „NAN-HUNG-MEN“.

95 cm long (37,5 inches) . The sabre in in fine condition, also the scabbard in fine ( only moderate war).

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