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Japanese Albumen Photo Entrance to Temple in Kyoto. 1880s

June 5th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Albumen Photo, Japan, photography
Old Japan: Large albumen photo, depicting an entrance to a temple „Budish Temple Chionin – Kioto“. Some visitors are at he temple entrance. Antique Japanese albumen Photo, tinted, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners. Size: 10,5 x 8 inches. Fine condition, app. 1885.

Japanese Lady in Hawaii. Albumen Photo, 1880ies

June 1st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Albumen Photo, Japan, photograph, photography
Hilo, Hawaii: Albumen photo depicting a young Japanese lady in a garden. The photograph is from app. 1885. 4,6 x 7,2 inches (11 x 18 cm). Fixed on paper at the corners. Fine condition. MORE Japanese Albumen Photos: HERE

Chinese Leisure Seal with Slogan. Nice Side Carving too

May 29th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Asiatika, chinese antiques, seal
Attractive Chinese seal of grey-black stone. Engraved as actual seal are 7 characters: 老夫聊发少年狂( lao fu liao fa shaonian kuang – the old man has the same passion and ambition as youth ). Attractive side carving with oxen cart in antique style and details to date and seal carver, 1919. Very well carved seal in high artistic standard and in very fine condition. 1,9 x 0,5 x 1,9 inches (49 x

Chinese Seal. Chicken Blood Stone. 2 Characters.

May 28th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in antiques, chinese antiques, seal, wenfang si bao
Nice old Chinese seal, made of Chicken-blood stone (Ji xue shi). Larger red spot on top part. Engraved are 2 characters: da zhuang (big strength). Good side carving with details. 20 x 11 x 22 mm. 10 gram. Fine condition.

Cute Chinese Studio Photo with five Sons.

May 10th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in chinese antiques, photography
Sweet, Chinese photograph with 5 boys (the ideal of a traditional Chinese family). Studio Photo, Shanghai, 1910s. 5,2 x 3,95 inches (135 x 100 mm). Fine condition. (Minor tonig of some dark spots, left lower corner has a light bend).

Sunny Queensland: Vintage Postcard Sugar Cane

March 29th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in postcard, vintage postcard
Old Australia: Scarce vintage postcard, depicting a group of men, harvesting sugar cane. Entitled “Sugar. Queens Land”. Unused postcard from app. 1900. Fine condition.

Desirable Art Deco Silver Necklace with Dancer

March 26th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Austria, art deco, art nouveau, decorative, silver
Most decorative Art Deco silver necklace from the early 1900s. The pendant depicts a dancer with a shawl made of butterfly wings. There is a hallmark at the reverse with an embossed butterfly and the number 800. The chain has silver shows hallmarking too PAC and 925. The necklace has no faults – just the silver has slightly darkened and can be easily cleaned. The pendant is 1,6 x 1,1 inches (

China, Qing Dynasty. Butterflies. Application for a Hat

March 24th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Qing, antiques, chinese antiques, decorative
Qing Dynasty: Chinese metal application ( 2 pieces) resembling butterflies. Those pieces have been fixed on hats to bring luck or keep away evil. The larger one is 2,1 x 1,5 inches, the smaller one 0,5 x 0,4 inches. Alloy with silver component. Delicate design, fine condition.

Snails: Antique Chromolithograph and Etching from 1902

March 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in antique print, chromo lithograph
Decorative old chromo lithograph from 1902. Extremely good graphic with a kind of 3 dimensional effect. It depicts 17 different kind of snails as they live in the sea. Artist signed: Merculiano. Size: 9,8 x 6,1 inches. The second graphic is an etching and depicts 15 kinds of snails with lungs. Size: 9,8 x 6,1 inches. Both were printed in Leipzig in 1902

The Gate of Shimizu in Kioto. Albumen Photo from app. 1885.

March 21st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Albumen Photo, Japan, photography
Antique Japanese Photograph depicting the Gate of Shimizu in Kyoto with monks as visitors. Albumen-photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners. 10,9 x 8,5 inches, fine condition, app. 1885.
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