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Japanese Buddhists. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s. Stillfried
Japanese Buddhists. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s. Stillfried Antique Japan Photograph: 3 Japanese beating gongs and drum. One of them is carrying a tall stand on his back. Albumen studio-photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with smal...
Old Chinese Leisure seal. Tian Huang Stone. Very attractive.
Old Chinese Leisure seal. Tian Huang Stone. Very attractive. Old Chinese seal, Qing Dynasty or early Republic period. Scarce, beautiful Tian Huang Stone. Very fine cutting of the actual seal: „ Yun Hai “ (?...
China, Qing Dynasty: Golden Sand Stone Goldfish 金砂石
China, Qing Dynasty: Golden Sand Stone Goldfish 金砂石 Antique, Chinese object, made of Golden Sandstone ( 金砂石 ). It is from the Qing-Dynasty. The fish is in perfect shape with no faults at all. ...
Japanese Albumin Photo. Fushimi Inari. 1880s
Japanese Albumin Photo. Fushimi Inari. 1880s Old Japan: Fushimi Inari near Tokyo. Decorative, antique Japanese Albumen Photo, tinted, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at the corners. The photo depicts people at the ent...
Early Otto Klemperer Autograph. Hand-signed Photo Card. CoA
Early Otto Klemperer Autograph. Hand-signed Photo Card. CoA Conductor Otto Klemperer: Portrait Photo as Photo-postcard (Photo: Mahrenholz, Berlin). Hand-signed by Otto Klemperer. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. ...
Desirable, beautiful Crystal Rock Snuff Bottle by Ye Fengqi
Crystal Rock Snuff Bottle, inside Painting, Ye Fengqi. Desirable, beautiful crystal rock snuff bottle by Ye Fengqi, a son of master Ye Zhongsan and brother of the also famous Ye Xiaofeng. The snuff bottle comes with a Cer...
Outstanding Qing Dynasty Teapot. Very attractive and unusual
China: Outstanding Qing Dynasty Teapot. Very attractive Imperial China: Very attractive tea pot from the Mid Qing-Periode. Yixing-type, glazed, blue tines on dark brown subsurface. Floral decor, which almost looks like Art Deco. Square shape, un...
Antique China Seal. Shou Shan Stone, Toad. Nice Meaning
Antique China Seal. Shou Shan Stone, Toad. Nice Meaning Old Chinese seal, Qing Dynastiy or beginning of Republican era. The handle is in shape of a toad, delicately carved. Very fine cutting of the actual seal: „ Luo Bi [...]...
Antique Japanese Albumen Photos for sale
2 Japanese Girls. Tinted Albumen Photo We haveadded a new venue: Antique Japanese Photos. We will be adding some 100 related photos in the near future. They will include works by [...]...
European Postcards Venue
New Pages added at collect.at: We have added a few new categories related to European Postcards: Vintage Postcards Styria Vintage Postcards Tyrol Vintage Postcards Hungary Antike Ansichtskarten Steiermark Antike Ansichtskarten Tirol / Suedt...
Antique Photo of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy
Antique Photo: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy Most attractive antique photograph of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. Size: 9,8 x 7,4 is the actual photo, 13 x 9,8 is the photo including margins. The photograp...
Han Dynasty, Quan. Chinese Antique Weight.
China, Han Dynasty. Quan. Antique Weight. Appr. 2000 year old Chinese weight, a so-called „Quan”, a fictile, glazed, round weight from the Han-Dynasty period. It is an excellent condition, has no cracks or other faults. More Chinese An...
Impressive old China Photo, Cizhou City Wall
Impressive old China Photo, Cizhou City Wall Atmospheric, old Chinese Photo of Cizhou (Hebei). The photo depicts the Cizhou city-Wall, the entrance-gate, baskets piled along the wall and men with a wheel-barrow. The photo is from pre-1925. 5...
Old Chinese Leisure seal. Very attractive, large.
Old Chinese Leisure seal. Very attractive, large. Imperial China, 1895: Beautiful Shou-shan seal with Fo-lions ( mother and small one ) as handle. The well balanced, skilful seal inscription reads: “Ormosia and Moon in my Cold Studio̶...
China: Qing Dynasty Vase. Monochrome Cracked Glaze. CoA
China: Qing Dynasty Vase. Monochrome Cracked Glaze. CoA Attractive Vase from the early-mid Qing Dynasty. Monochrome cracked glaze-style. Diameter 3 inches, Height: 4,8 inches. 2 Certificates of Authenticity. No faults. Please consider that our...
1898: Decorative Chromo lithograph depicting Birds of Paradise.
1898: Decorative Chromo lithograph depicting Birds of Paradise. 110 year old Chromolithograph: Birds of Paradise, Very decorative. Most decorative old chromo lithograph depicting birds of paradise: Paradisea rubra, Lophorina superba, Schlegelia Wils...
Qing Dynasty: Antique Chinese wooden Sculpture. Man with Pipe
Qing Dynasty: Antique Chinese wooden Sculpture. Man with Pipe 清 朝 雕 塑 Qing Dynasty, China: Huang-mu sculpture (黄 木 雕 塑...
Chinese Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle with Dragon Fly and Turtle Motif. 鼻烟壶
Antique Chinese Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle with Dragon Fly Motif 鼻烟壶 Old China: Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle from the end of 19th century, beginning of 20th century with purple overlay on a transparent Peking-Glass bottle. The bottle is in shape...
Antique Yixing Teapot with Fish and Toad Design. Qing Dynasty
China: Antique Yixing Teapot with Fish and Toad at Top. Flaw. Qing Dynasty: Decorative Chinese Yixing tea pot with attractive fish and toad design. Round seal at bottom. (The image in screen [...]...
Attractive Leisure Seal, Guang Lü Stone, by Artist Zhang Hanyue
Artist Zhang Hanyue carved Leisure Seal: Guang Lü Shi Very attractive Guang Lü – stone ( 广绿石 ), carved by the famous artist Zhang Hanyue (张寒月1906 – 2005 ). Zhan Hanyue was a student of Wu C...
Antique Chinese Plate. Fish Motif. Qing Dynasty Porcelain.
Antique China Plate, Blue White Porcelain, Fish Motif. Qing Dynasty China, 18-19th century. Qing Dynasty plate with motif of a huge fish. This is the earlier variety with raised flakes ( at the crossing of the brown lines). This early [....
Antique Bird Feeding Dishes and Shutter for Birdcage. Carved Wood.
Feeding Dishes and Shutter for Birdcage. Carved Wood. China, Qing Dynasty Two feeding dishes for a bird cage and a carved panel for opening /shutting. Hard wood, delicately carved with figural motifs and landscape. They are more [...]...
China: Antique Bronze, small Ding from the Qing Dynasty
China: Small antique Bronze, Ding. Qing Dynasty. China: Attractive, small, 3-leged bronze, Ding. Warm, dark patina, minimal verdigris under the upper rim. The object is either from the early or Mid-Qing-Dynasty. Diameter: 47 mm, Height: 40 mm, 6...
1878 Chinese Seal. Good Fu Huang Ba Lin Stone
1878 China: Beautiful Seal Fu Huang Ba Lin Stone Qing Dynasty China: Leisure seal made of Fu Huang Ba Lin stone with 4 characters engraved„ Nei shi yi yue „ ( there is joy inside ). The 4 sides of the seal [...]...
Old China Seal, Shou-Shan Stone. Turtle.
Old China Seal, Shou-Shan Stone. Turtle. Antique, Chinese soapstone-seal with a tortoise as handle and 2 characters as actual seal inscription: „Zhen Qu” ( real delight ). Very skilful carving of the seal and the name of the seal carver at ...
Chinese Sculpture: Tiger on Stand.
Attractive Chinese Sculpture of a Tiger on a Stand. Huangmu-Wood. China: Attractive wooden figurine, a tiger on a larger piece of wood, all carved from one piece of Huang-Mu wood. The use of the object was to weight paper for [...]...
Qing Dynasty, 1829: Ivory Seal, delicate Carving.
Qing Dynasty, 1829: Ivory Seal, delicate Carving of a Poem. Attractive, antique China seal made of ivory. The actual seal print consists of 2 characters, Da Ji ( ultimate luck ). A poem is ingraved in very delicate, [...]...
Qing Dynasty Huang-Mu Figurine: Taoist with Child
China: Wooden Figurine. Daoist Priest with Baby. Pre 1900 Small, fine wooden sculpture from the Qing-Dynasty. It depicts a Taoist priest with a fly whisk in one hand and a little child with a peach in the other arm. Bat motifs are carved at the pedes...
Fantastic Imperial China Carpet from Forbidden City
Rare Imperial Chinese Carpet from the Court of the Chinese Emperor At the upper border we can find 5 Chinese characters referring to the [...]...
Old Chinese Stone Seal with good Carving by Gui Zhi
Old Chinese Stone Seal with good Carving by Gui Zhi China 1916: Brownish-grey soapstone, with frosted gloss. Very charming carving with powerful expression. The handle depicts a delicately, skilfully carved lion. The seal reads: ” Ye bai Tang...
