Antique, decorative paper weight (also to be used as arm rest).
Porcelain with landscape scene at top.
Red 4 character bottom mark: Shen de tang zhi 慎德堂制
Size: 12,5 x 6,6 x 4,6 cm. Good condition.
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Old Chinese porcelain. Export plate from end of the Qing-period. Delicately painted floral pattern, no bottom mark.
Some small chips at border as the plate was kept in a metal suspension
Diameter: 23,4 cm. height: 2,1 cm.
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Attractive old Chinese brush-container made of pear wood. End of Qing – beginning of Republic period. Very elegant and appealing shape.
There is a fissure at the bottom of the container otherwise good condition.
Diameter: 11,4 cm, height: 12,9 cm.
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Antique Chinese painting from the Qing Dynasty, Dao Guang 道光 era, 1882. Painted by the known artist Liu Daming 刘大铭, signed and with 2 seal imprints.
The painting shows a scholar over his books in his hermitage. Plum- and pine tree in front of his study.
Scroll painting, 16,5 x 75,2 inches (42 x 191 cm), mounted on silk, good condition.
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China, Qing Dynasty: Blue-white brush holder (as well to be used as paper weight) in shape of a boy, holding a peach in his hand.
5 x 4 x 2,5 inches (12,8 x 10 x 5,8 cm), very good condition.
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Decorative old Chinese embroidery. Square panel with dragon and waves, gilt and black border.
Size: 27.25 x 31″ (77 x 70 cm) with border.
Condition: Good, minor wear consistent with age.
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Imperial China, Boxer Upraise 1901: Imperial Chinese Post 1 Cent postal-card.
Peking Deutsche Post 20/1 01 – cancellation.
Square violet strike: S. B. 1/l Oa. J. R. and Bestellt – strike. Good condition.
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China, Qing Dynasty: Attractive antique silver censer. Floral desing with embossed Eight Treasures at the „petals“ (八宝,Pinyin: bābǎo ).
Bottom mark: duan fu zu yin 段府足银
Height: 10 cm (with handle up), diameter: 8,6 cm, 128 gram. Good condition.
(The socalled Eight treasures are: the wish-granting pearl (寳珠, “bǎozhū) or “flaming pearl”, he double lozenges (方勝, “fāngshèng”), the stone chime (磬, “qìng”), the pair of rhinoceros horns (犀角, “xījiǎo), the double coins (雙錢, shuāngqián), the gold or silver ingot (錠, dìng), coral (珊瑚, shānhú), wish-granting scepter (如意, rúyì ).
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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