Two small celadon plates from Qing Dynasty, 19. ct. Greene glace, blue bottom marks. Produced in Hebei province. One plate has a small fissure.
Diameter: 14 cm, Height: 2,9 cm (5,5 x 1,1 inches).
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China, Qing Dynasty: Three paintings, depicting persons from the Imperial Court. One depicts an Emperor on his peacock-throne, one a lady and one a mandarin.
Painted on brittle rice paper. Beginning of last century. Both paintings come matted and framed.
Size: 11,5 x 13,5 and 16 x 14 inches. (29 x 38,6 and 40 x 35,4 cm). Some faults in paper.
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China, Qing Dynasty – begin of Republic period: Chinese round red lacquer cinnabar box with rocks in the sea and a pine tree at front.
Decorative design. The inside and bottom of this box are black lacquer. The box is from app. 1900.
Diameter: 3,5 inches (90 mm), height: 2 inches (48 mm).
Fine condition, no damages.
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Chinese Seal by Chen Yuzhong, Qiu Tang 秋堂篆刻
Antique Chinese seal by the important seal-carver Chen Yuzhong 陈豫钟( 1762—1806).
Oval boulder with 5 characters as actual seal: xiao sui ming yue gui 笑随明月归 (the smile follows the bright moon on its return).
Side inscription with his artists name Qiu Tang 秋堂.
20 x 12 x 33 mm, good condition.
Chinese arm rest porcelain, Qing Dynasty Dao Guang period ( 1821 – 1851 ). Famille rose, open work corpus, good condition.
12,5 x 7,5 x 5 cm. Bottom mark: 大清道光年制 Da Qing Dao Guang Nian Zhi.
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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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China 19. century (Dao Guang 1821-1851): Two paintings on silk, delicately executed. One shows a pair of herons, one a pair of Mandarin-ducks (Symbol of love).
Both were officially examined in China and a tag was added at the reverse (fixed with a yarn to the painting).
25,5 x 29 cm (10 x 11,5 inches) are the paintings, 30 x 37 (12 x 15 in.) incl. margins.
Some glue remnants at reverse as the sheets have been fixed in an album.
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China, Boxer Rebellion Period. Vintage postcard with “Group of Russian officers at the station in Tientsin”.
A French 5 Centimes stamp is attached, tied by a “Tresor et Postes aux Armees Chine 8 Aout 1901”- strike.
Pre-cancelled, unused, scarce.
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Chinese Seal by Yu Yun
Attractive, small, Chinese chicken-blood-stone leisure seal. Cut by the artist Yu Yun 俞云 (1864 – 1938). As actual seal 2 characters have been engraved: 言鄞 yan Yin.
Signed at front end with his artist name: 即佛 Ji Fo.
13 x 13 x 35 mm. Good condition.
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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