Large blue-white Chinese brush container for Qing Dynasty period. The image depicts an official with his men visiting a scholar. Good painting. 康熙年制 Kang Xi nian zhi – bottom mark but later date.
Diameter: 19,7 cm. Height: 15,5 cm. Good condition, no blemishes.
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Six antique Chinese wooden cups, outside carved, inside coated. Two characters hallmark at inner bottom of the cups. Plum blossoms- and pine tree-motifs have been carved round the cups.
The cups stand 38 mm and are in good condition with minor wear.
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Old China, Qingdao: Small letter with a German Kiautschou 1 Cent brown stamp, tied by a clear Tsingtau 30. 03. 1907 cancellation.
No details of time as it should be. ( Usually the hour would follow. This kind is the Type 11a after German BDPh Colony stamp catalogue ).
Sent as printed matter to Gelsenkirchen in Germany, very good condition.
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Antique leisure seal by the artist Fang Junyi 方濬益 (? – 1899).
As actual seal 4 characters have been carved: xiang yin yi xin 相印以心 (appraise the seal by your heart).
Side inscription with details, dedication and signature.
50 x 18 x 46 mm, good condition.
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Shoushan leisure seal by the famous seal carver Xu Sangeng (1826-1890).
Engraved are 15 characters shi yue bu jian Huang shu duo ze bi-li zhi xin fu sheng yi ,時月不见黄叔度，则鄙吝之心复生矣, for a long time I did not see uncle Huang but instead the heart of a vulgar has been reborn. (A line by Zhou Ziju 周子居 for the period of the Eastern Han Dynasty).
18 x 18 x 54 mm, good condition.
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Antique Chinese leisure seal by the important seal-carver Qian Shanyang 钱善杨(1765-1807).
Black stone-seal with 4 characters engraved: Wen Zheng zhi jia 文正之家 (home of Wen Zheng).
25 x 25 x 50 mm, good condition. Side inscription with signature of the artist.
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China, and of 19th – beginning of 20th century: Decorative carved boxwood card case.
The whole box intricately detailed with many levels of figures in domestic and pagoda scenes with elaborate foliate and floral ornaments.
The face all with individual, strong expressions.
11,5 cm 7,5 cm ( 4,6 x 3 inches). Repair at one side of the lid (not easy to see), otherwise good condition.
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Attractive Shou Shan stone in shape of a landscape with a pagoda on a rock at one side and a peasant with a load of brushwood at the other side. The top is almost semi transparent.
His artist name Shuo Huai 研怀 has been carved on a rock.
As actual seal are 2 characters engraved: Shi Jing 诗 境 (field of poetry).
Zhao Bingchong 赵秉冲 (1787 – ca. 1814) was an important painter, calligrapher and seal carver. His works sell high at auctions and galleries.
42 x 26 x 44 mm, 48 gram, fine condition, no faults.
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Decorative, antique Jade-carving, Hetian-yu. Standing Girl. Greenish-white Nephrite Jade, elaborately hand carved.
3,5 x 1,5 x 5,7 cm, very good condition.
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China, Qing Dynasty: Dry walnut with unique carving of many monks, immortals or Lohans (disciples of Buddha) sitting or standing among trees. This carving is by a well-know Qing Dynasty artist.
4 cm, good condition, no blemishes, cracks or other faults.
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