China, Qing Dynasty, round blue-white porcelain box with a double-happiness pattern at the top.
Diameter: 3,8 inches, height: 2,2 inches. Minor wear, no cracks.
Those boxes were popular gifts for newly married.
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Antique Chinese Arm Rest Bamboo with Characters engraved
Decorative, antique Chinese armrest made of bamboo, hand-carved with 10 characters engraved. Signed: Zhi Xing 知行.
Interesting shape with one side heavily curled.
220 x 68 x 35 mm (8,8 x 2,7 x 1,3 inches), good condition. End of Qing period – beginning of Republic.
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Imperial China: Postal card with 1 Cent imprint„Chinese Imperial Post“. Scarce French variety „Chine. Carte Postale Avec Response Payee“ – imprint at reverse.
The front page shows an old scholar with his pupil.
Unused, moderate aging, no tears or creasing.
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Authentic b/w vintage photo of 2 girls with Lily-feet and traditional dresses.
Photograph from a photo studio, appr. 1905.
Small tear at right side has been professionally restored.
10 x 14, 5 cm.
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China, Qing Dynasty: Attractive seal, dark Qing Tian stone, 青田, with a pair of quails and a Lotus leave as handle. Engraved are 2 characters: 素风 Su Feng (White Wind).
The seal was carved by the famous calligrapher and seal carver 叔均 Shu Jun, better known by his artist name 翁大年 Weng Da Nian (1811-1890).
0,8 x 0,8 x 2,7 inches (20 x 20 x 67 mm), 65 gram, very fine condition.
作者简介：翁大年（1811～1890），初名鸿，字叔钧，又字叔均，号陶斋，江苏吴江人。清代篆刻家。精考证，篆刻取法秦汉，结体工致妥帖。侧款作小楷，颇有韵致.
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Delicate, antique Chinese painting, depicting 100 sparrows in prunus, bamboo, and flowers. Qing Dynasty.
Signed and with seal by Wang Wu (王武), but painted much later in 18-19th century.
Long scroll: 17 1/4″ x 133″ (338 x 44 cm is the actual painting but broader and longer with margins).
Some 50-60 years ago the scroll has been professionally remounted and space has been added before and after the painting to leave space for calligraphy in case one wants to add some.
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Antique Chinese ink. Red ink-block with scholar in a pagoda amidst trees.Very decorative.
Qing Dynastie: 乾隆年制 Qian Long Nian Zhi – mark at one end and 抑斋藏墨 Yi Zhai Zang Mo at the other.
The ink-block is in good condition and there are only some surface fissures due to age.
Imperial China 1900: Chinkiang Post. Peking vintage postcard (railway station and coal hill ) with 3 Jinjiang ( Chinkiang ) stamps.
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Sent as postcard from Chinkiang to Altenburg in Germany. Forwarded by French Post in China. Altenburg – arrivalmark.
Franked by a 15 Cents and 2 Half-cents local stamps, tied by bilingual Chinkiang Postal Service – cancellations.
Fine condition. Very scarce!
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Decorative, antique, Chinese seal, brown-ochre stone.
As actual seal engraved are the characters: zhi zhi qu zhi, zhu ren wang ren, zhu de bu de.
主知去知, 主仁忘仁, 主德不德.
The master has knowledge and neglects knowledge
the master knows humane and forgets about humane
the master know morals and is not moral
Fo-lion as handle, side engraving with artist name, Shun Fu, 顺甫.
It might be by the important seal-carver Qian Shanyang 钱善扬 ( 1765-1807) , whose artist name was Shu Fu 顺甫 . No guarantee.
29 x 19 x 54 mm, 63 gram, fine condition.
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Qing Dynasty: Attractive Chinese Shou Shan Leisure Seal. Brown-ocher stone with scenic side engraving, depicting scholars amidst pine trees and rocks.
As actual seal 6 characters are engraved: 白雲深處是吾廬 – The dense white clouds are my hut. (Bai yun shen chu shi wu lu).
Engraved in very beautiful Zhuan-Style.
Side engraving with details to date and seal carver: 佑之刻 You Zhi, April 1851
1,8 x 0,8 x 2,9 inches (40 x 22 x 70 mm), 101 gram. Very fine condition.
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