Attractive China Plate from early Qing Dynasty

Decorative Chinese Plate Qing Dynasty

 

China, late Ming – early Qing Dynasty: Very attractive porcelain plate with floral design at the center and stroke-pattern along the borders.

Diameter 26,3 cm (10 ½ inches), good condition.

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The Summer Palace in Peking Photo from 1902

The Summer Palace in Peking. Old large Photo from 1902

 

China, Bejing: Authentic old photograph depicting the old Summer Palace in Peking. The photo is from 1902. from a German counsel. 

Hand writing at the back „ Sommerpalast Peking Mittel-Pagode“.

Size: ca. 10 x 7 inches (25,1 x 18,4 cm), good condition.

The Summer Palace has a long history. The origins of the Summer Palace date back to the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in 1153. In 1860, the British and French destroyed parts of the Summer Palace at the end of the Second Opium War while looting and burning down the nearby Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan).

The destruction of the palaces was ordered by Lord Elgin, the British High Commissioner to China, and was undertaken in response to the torture and killing of two British envoys, a journalist for The Times, and their escorts.

The destruction of large parts of the Summer Palace still evokes strong emotions among some people in China. Between 1884–95, during the reign of the Guangxu Emperor (r. 1875–1908), Empress Dowager Cixi ordered three million silver taels, originally designated for upgrading the Qing navy (the Beiyang Fleet), to be used for reconstructing and enlarging the Summer Palace to celebrate her 60th birthday.

In 1900, towards the end of the Boxer Rebellion, the Summer Palace suffered damage again when the forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance destroyed the imperial gardens and seized many artifacts stored in the palace. The palace was restored two years later.

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Pair of Porcelain Stem Cups from early Qing Period

Decorative and scarce pair of blue-white porcelain stem cups from early Qing-period, probably 16. - 17. century.

Blue-white with floral decor and square stems.

Height: 88 mm, Diameter: 78 mm. No chips, no fissures or other faults.

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Pair of blue white China Saucers, Qing Dynasty

Pair of blue white China Dishes, Qing Dynasty

Attractive pair of small Chinese blue and white saucers with flower decorations at the center.

They are from end of Ming - early Qing Dynasty.

Diameter: 14,9 cm, good condition.

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Chinese Ivory Seal, Name-Seal Wang Qinye

Chinese Ivory Seal, Name-Seal

Old Chinese name-seal made of ivory. Engraved are 3 characters, Wang Qinye.

14 x 14 x 65 mm. Good condition.

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Chinese Snuff Bottle enameled Porcelain

Chinese Snuff Bottle enameled Porcelain

Attractive Chinese vintage snuff bottle, enameled porcelain, multi color, lotus, flowers, grass and insects. Bottom mark: Qian Long Nian Zhi, but later period (end of Qing – Republic period). Very good condition.

65 x 30 x 65 mm (without top). Metal stopper with lapis lazuli stone.

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Battlefield of Ryojun, Set of Japanese Postcards 1905

Set of Japanese Postcards Battle of Ryojun 1905

Complete set of eight b/w postcards „Postcard of Old Battlefield of Ryojun“.

Inscriptions in Japanese and Chinese. Images of monuments, battle field, canon, shrine, generals. (General Nogi is seated in the center next to Russian general Anatoly Stessel after Russian forces surrendered at Port Arthur on 2 January 1905).

The Ryojun Guard District (旅顺要港部 Ryojun Yōkōbu) was the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War All postcards are unused and in very good condition, the sleeve shows light wear.

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Temple of Buddha Canton, China 1843. Antique Etching

Temple of Buddha Canton: Mid-19th century etching depicting the altar of the famous Cantonese temple with monks and musicians in front of the altar.

Engraved by W.H. Capone after a drawing by Thomas Allom.

Thick printing paper, 7,5 x 5 (19 x 12,6 cm) in is the actual print, 11 x 8,2 (27,6 x 20,5 cm) the complete sheet.

Good condition, clean and fresh. It looks great when matted and framed.

Qing Dynasty Album Leaf Scholar and Girl.

Antique, Chinese ink painting. Album-leaf with elderly scholar reading a book and a young girl with her Qing Monochrome painting, only the censer painted in gold.

21 x 17 cm ( 29 x 23,5 cm with margins). Delicately executed.

The painting itself is clean and in good condition. The silk-coated margins show some aging but can be easily covered with a passepartout.

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Antique Chinese Canton Enamel Plate

Old Chinese Canton Enamel Plate

Decorative, antique Chinese enamel plate. Floral motifs and scenes with people.

Overall good condition. There are a few minor surface scratches and there is a small repair of the rim at the reverse.

Diameter: 4,5 inches ( 11,3 cm) The plate is from early last century.

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收税票 - Antique Chinese Document

Antique Chinese Document

Imperial China: Antique document (receipt for tax payment - 收税票).

Decorative design, woodblock print. Several red seals. Issued in the 21st year of reign of Emperor Guang Xu (光绪二十一年).

 8 x 9,4 inches (20 x 24 cm), fine condition.

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Chinese Leisure Seal with poetic Text 月照碧梧桐影

Chinese Leisure Seal with poetic Text

Attractive leisure seal from 1921 (or 1961), marbled brown stone, side engraving with details to seal carver and date.

As actual seal 6 characters engraved: 月照碧梧桐影 yue zhao bi wu-tong ying – the moon is casting a faint-green shadow over the Wu-tong tree.

27 x 26 x 43 mm, fine condition.

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Antique Chinese Metal Pipe

Antique Chinese embossed Metal Pipe Decorative, antique Chinese water-pipe with a hand-embossed body with dragon motif at one and phoenix motif at the other side. It is from late 19th/early 20th century. Complete, with all implements including brush. Complete sets are harder to find. The lid, when opened, is furbished so it works like a mirror. Good condition with no defect parts. More at our curioshop at rubylane: HERE

China vintage Seal Toad on Lotus Leaf, 4 Characters

寿山石 印章: Decorative, old Chinese leisure seal with a toad on lotus-leaf as handle and 4 characters as actual seal: junzi tan tang 君子坦汤 (the noble man is [of] broadminded [nature]). Referring to a quote by Confucius.

Side engraving with details of the seal carver.

1 x 1 x 2 inches (26 x 26 x 71 mm), fine condition.

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Old Chinese Water Dispenser with Spoon, Silver.

Qing Dynasty: Decorative, Chinese water dispenser (for painters and calligraphers). Silver, with hall mark and matching old spoon.

The object is from app. 1900.

Shape of a leaf with twine, snake, frog and bat.

74 x 48 x 24 mm, 33 Gram. Fine condition.

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Old Chinese Photo with Chinese Gentleman and Lantern

Chinese vintage photo from app. 1910. It depicts a Chinese gentleman in traditional dress, standing in a restaurant garden (?). In the foreground is a huge Chinese lantern with a large Chinese character Jiang on it.

5,4 x 3,2 inches (137 x 80 mm). Very fine condition, thin paper.

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Vintage Postcard Police Station in Andong Korea

b/w vintage postcard with view at the Chinese police station in Andong, Korea: „ Polis (!) station of China“. People in front of the gate.




Published in Japan, unused, fine condition, app. 1905.

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Old China Seal Shou Shan Stone Antique Style

Old Chinese seal, Shou Shan stone with character in antique style.
Decoration and details to the seal carver at one side oft he seal.

16 x 16 x 29 mm, 20 gram. Very well carved.

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Old China Seal with Fo Lion, Qing Dynasty

China 1904: Decorative Chinese seal with Foo-Lion as handle. Engraved are 4 characters as actual seal. Side engraving with details and name of seal carver.

1 x 1,2 x 3,9 inches (26 x 27 x 97 mm) Old stone with fissures at the upper part – no parts missing, no blemishes. The stone itself is most probably much older and has been carved as seal in 1904.

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Old China. 2 small wooden Figurines. Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty, 2 wooden figural pendants Guan Yin and Lu Tongpin. ( holes for jointing at head and base-parts ).


55 and 60 mm, Fine condition. Nice, antique carvings.