Very decorative, antique Chinese brush container made of bamboo.
Deeply carved at front side, depicting stems of bamboo.
At the reverse Iris and a calligraphy have been carved. Artist signed.
Height: 17,3 cm, Diameter: 13,3 cm. Quite light: 377 gram (old bamboo brush pots are light).
This brush container is from the beginning of last century.
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Old Chinese leisure seal, black stone. As actual seal engraved are 10 characters: yi zhau wu ling guiqu buru xian zao (to give back a military grave means less than a relaxed morning).
Side inscription with date (1895) and name Tao Zhai 端方 (hao of Duan Fang).
Duan Fang 陶斋 (1861 bis 1911) a member of the Manchu Plain White Banner, was a late Qing dynasty politician, educator, and collector.
30 x 30 x 68 mm, good condition.
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Nice, old Chinese seal made of yellow-brown Shou Shan – Stone from the later Qing-Dynasty. Engraving of a landscape scene with 2 scholars. The shades of the stone have been well used – impression of mist over the bridge. 4 characters as actual seal: Li Zi Suo Wan (李子所玩).
Carving with the name of the seal carver, the well known and important seal carver Pan Zhengwei ( 潘正炜 1821-1861).
潘正炜 (清）字季彤，号听颿楼主人，道光、咸丰（1821—1861年）间番禺（今广州）人。精鉴别，富收藏书、画。著听颿楼集贴、听颿楼书画记、听颿楼续刻书画记。印章有【季彤审定】（明清书画印鉴）
Old, very well carved stone in very fine condition.
2 x 1,0 x 1,5 inches (50 x 25 x 39 mm). 61 gram.
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China, app. 18. Century. Well carved wooden ritual object used to expel ghosts.
At the front side a Daoist (exorcist) with sword, standing on a fire-wheel is carved. At the reverse and side a Daoist formula is engraved – wu lei hao ling (五雷號令).
More Daoist spells at both sides of the object (千千雄兵 萬萬孟將).
6 x 3 x 14 cm, good condition, natural patina, good condition. Scarce.
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Old Chinese postcard: “Unveiling of the Iltis Monument”. The postcard depicts the monument with 2 German marines.
Franked with a pair of 5 Pfennig overprinted stamps. Shanghai Deutsche Post 17/4 1899 – cancellation.
Sent as postcard to Freising in Bavaria. Lower left corner creased otherwise good condition.
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Vintage postcard “Der Krieg in China” (The War in China). The postcard depicts German ships, marines, a Chinese (Li Hong Zhang) and a satirical poem:
Li Hong Zhang, think twice,
don’t make us Germans angry,
’cause we Germans we can’t
take a joke – you will see!
Unused, light toning from age.
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Chinese vintage postcard with tribunal scene, executioners, torture devices with sword. “Un tribunal a Moukden”.
Russian and French imprints. Unused, very fine condition.
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Chinese porcelain vase, from the end of Qing Dynasty.
Round stand, slim corpus with lid.
Floral decoration with birds in blue color against white, sparsely crackled background.
Dark brown rim and stand with floral décor.
Cheng Hua-bottom mark but from later period, 18- 19th century.
Diameter corpus: 8,5 cm, Height: 25 cm. Good condition.
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Attractive old Chinese leisure seal from the early Qing Dynasty, carved by the important seal carver 顾苓 Gu Ling (1628 – 1722). Dragon with pearl as handle.
As seal engraved are the characters: 湖上笠翁氏李渔之印 hu shang li weng shi li yu zhi yin (Seal of the old man with the bamboo hat on the lake, who belongs to fisher-family Li).
19 x 19 x 45mm, good condition. Signed wit the character 苓 Ling .
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Antique, authentic Chinese Opium pipe. Brought to Europe at the beginning of last century by a German marine.
The mouth-part is bone, the pipe has lotus and characters engraved, the stopper at the short end has been replaced later.
Length: 54,5 cm (21,5 inches), good condition.
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