A few examples of appraisal values for
MANCHURIA

• MATTHAUS MERIAN, CHINA MAP,
  MATTHAUS MERIAN, CHINA MAP, C.1649Matthaus Merian, Swiss, 1593-1650, c.1649, China Veteribus Sinarum Regio nunc Incolis Tame dicta , map of China and Japan is closely modeled on Jansson's map of 1633. The detail includes the eastern part of China (bounded in the west by the Great Wall), Korea as a strangely shaped island, and the three main islands of Japan. Taiwan is named Pakan al I. Formosa, although Tayoan is named on the island. The imaginary Chiamay Lacus is located in the southern region with five rivers flowing south into India and Siam. A fine title cartouche flanked by Chinese figures, flourishing calligraphy, European and Chinese ships and a sea monster decorate the map. Note: Consignor purchase map in 2002 from Altfield Gallery in Hong Kong 10 1/2 x 13 1/2, framed 20 x 22 (JMAD10814)(MM) Condition: light fold crease to center
• MOLL, HERMAN. THE EMPIRE OF CHINA
  MOLL, HERMAN. THE EMPIRE OF CHINA AND THE ISLAND OF JAPAN... ...Agreeable to Modern History , London, circa 1720, copperplate engraving with outline color. Presented with mat in wooden frame.
• JAPANESE WOODBLOCK,
  JAPANESE WOODBLOCK, RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904-1905, ARTIST UNIDENTIFIED "Destruction of the Railroad in Manchuria ; (Nichiro Shiberia Tetsud? Manshessen Hakai No Zu)." Russo-Japanese War Triptych 'Senso-e' Woodblock Print on mulberry paper, circa 1904, in faux bamboo frame, matted under UV plexiglas, OS: 19 1/2" x 33 1/2", SS: 13 1/2" x 26 1/2", losses to lower right corner and right edge, rippling. From a group of six prints that has been held by a Maine family for nearly a century and was assembled because a family member was an official in Tedy Roosevelt's cabinet when TR suceeded in negotiating the peaceful conclusion of the Japanese-Russo War in Portsmouth, NH, signed in September of 1905.
• FU-MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG).
  FU-MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG). FU-MANCHU.N.p., ca. 1940. The famous Si-Di caricature of Fu-Manchu appears at the center of the poster, with Fu’s name in red above, and over-printed for an appearance at the Teatro Apolo below. 13 ¾ x 20". Inscribed and signed by Fu Manchu. Strong folds throughout, a portion of the inscription over-colored; B. Two versions of the Si Di caricature were produced; one includes a long Chinese queue handing from the back of Fu’s hat, the other, seen here, excludes it.
• Japanese woodblock print after
  Japanese woodblock print after Elizabeth Keith; "Manchu Official, Peking"; "E4290" in pencil to verso; no signature found; framed; 17" x 12" (sight, approx.) Condition: Tape stains and tape remnants on front and reverse margin
• Chinese School 20th c. "Mountainous
  Chinese School 20th c. "Mountainous Landscape with Houses" ink and color on paper inscribed "Old Man Banding" possibly for Chen Banding (Chinese 1877-1970) and sealed upper right 38 7/8 in. x 19 in. mounted as a hanging scroll. Provenance: Washington Collector; acquired by descent in the family of Zhao Xiwu (1918-2001) renowned herbal medicine practitioner in Beijing.
• ASIAN: 19TH / 20TH C.
  ASIAN: 19TH / 20TH C. HAND-PAINTED DEPICTION OF ENTHRONED MANCHU GENTLEMAN ON LINEN OR SILK, FIGURE ENSCONCED IN GREEN AND GRAY ROBE...ASIAN: 19th / 20th C. hand-painted depiction of enthroned Manchu gentleman on linen or silk, figure ensconced in green and gray robes with cobalt and gilt under robes, crane badge on chest indicating sitter's civil rank, small abrasion center right, surface loss to frame, wooden matting behind glass, bamboo turned frame, not examined out of frame, ss: 9 1/2" h. x 7 1/8" w. [Deaccessioned from a Connecticut Museum]
• PHOTOS OF COLONEL PINGER TRAVELS
  PHOTOS OF COLONEL PINGER TRAVELS AND LINCHENG OUTRAGEChina/Japan, 1923, comprising: 83 black and white photos, 75 depicting the travels of Roland and Miriam Pinger and their two young sons, Roland Jr. and Edward throughout China and Japan, eight depicting the Lincheng Outrage and subsequent kidnapping of the Pinger family on May 6, 1923; 75 images depict various locations including the Forbidden City, Hong Kong, the Great Wall of China, Summer Palace, Ming tombs, Mukden and Kyoto, Japan, some with notes to verso, various sizes, one stamped "Copyright Photograph by Mactavish & Co., Ltd. Shanghai", largest 5 x 3-1/4 in.; seven images depict scenes from the Lincheng Outrage, including the derailed train and one portrait of Colonel Pinger at Pautzeku boiling dishes in the bandit camp, notes to verso, largest 4-1/2 x 3-1/8 in. Provenance: Private Collection, San Francisco, California Note: For an article on Colonel R.W. Pinger's experience in China, see article "A Pilgrimage to Pautzeku: Chinese Bandits Capture Ordnance Officer, Army Ordnance, Washington, D.C., January-February 1924, Vol. IV, No. 22". Lincheng Outrage: On May 6, 1923, twelve hundred bandits, mostly former soldiers under General Zhang Jingyao, led by Sun Meiyao derailed and attacked the "Blue Express" near the town of Lincheng on the Tianjin-Pukou Railway in Shandong Province. The bandits looted the train and killed a number of passengers. They took over 200 passengers hostage, including 25 westerners, most of whom were Americans. The hostages were forced on a ten day march to the bandits' mountain base at Pautzeku and were released after 37 days. Condition: slight bending to photos, some with toning/foxing, a few minor creases
• Chinese horizontal painting,
  Chinese horizontal painting, possibly a hand scroll, ink and color on silk, procession of soldiers escorting a high-ranking official to a parley with Mongols, an advance rider crossing the bridge between the two parties, signature in black and red seal lower left in section with Mongols, 18th or 19th century, each section 12-1/2 x 47-1/2 in. Two sections, trimmed and laid down on cotton cloth, mounted to wood frames, wear and loss to pigment, areas of repair and retouch, scratches, losses to silk. Private Collection.
• MANCHUKUO NATIONAL FOUNDATION
  MANCHUKUO NATIONAL FOUNDATION COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL Chinese. Manchukuo National Foundation Commemorative medal, instituted 1933. Gilt bonze with bust of Henry Pu Yi (on face) and two peacocks flanking flag (on reverse). Accompanied by presentation box. Approx. diam. 34 mm (medal), h. 4.375", w. 2.625" (box)
• CHINESE PROPAGANDA POSTER, MAO
  CHINESE PROPAGANDA POSTER, MAO ERA 39 ¾" x 30 ½" overall Figure of Chairman Mao, with shining sun behind, above an assembly of people demonstrating in support of his policies. Chinese characters read "Peace of Red Mountains and Rivers of the Motherland". Matted and framed under glass in a black frame with red line.
• FU MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG).
  FU MANCHU (DAVID BAMBERG). FU-MANCHU. TEATRO METROPOLIT...Peru, 1939. Spanish language one-color broadside advertising Fu Manchu’s stage show. The performer is assisted by dancers Eva Beltry and the Flash Girls. 9 x 27 ½". Minor offsetting, two-sided, but mounted; B+.
• CHINA TRADE OIL ON MESSONITEFrontal
  CHINA TRADE OIL ON MESSONITEFrontal depiction of Chinese junk with person in Chinese garb. Chinese School unsigned. 13'' H x 10'' W sight. Private collection Metamora Mi.
• Chinese Imperial School (Qing
  Chinese Imperial School (Qing Dynasty - 18th Century) - Body colour pen ink and gilt on paper - A part set of eight pictures depicting scenes from the Fengshen Yani The Investiture of the Gods each with inscribed titles in Kaishu (standard script) and Manchurian each 17ins square (with some discolouration and foxing to paper and some hole damage and rubbing) in modern gilt moulded frames and glazed Provenance : The Du Boulay Family Collection - By descent to the present vendor Note : Manchu was the primary language of the Qing Dynasty Imperial court but as Manchu officials became increasingly Sinicized many started losing the language. The use of the language among the bannermen was in decline throughout the 1700s. Historical records report that as early as 1776 the Qianlong Emperor was shocked to see a high Manchu official Guo'ermin not understand what the emperor was telling him in Manchu despite coming from the Manchu stronghold of Shengjing (now Shenyang). By the 19th century even the Imperial court had lost fluency in the language. The Jiaqing Emperor (1796 to 1820) complained about his officials being good neither at understanding nor writing Manchu. As late as 1906-1907 Qing education and military officials insisted that schools teach the Manchu language and that the officials testing soldiers' continued to conduct an oral examination in Manchu.
• Rest of World: Large Ma-Pa album of
  Rest of World: Large Ma-Pa album of various countries, states & regions including Manchuria, Memel (East Prussia), Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama (Colombia) & Paraguay. 100s with good early material
• A stereoscopic viewer with
  A stereoscopic viewer with approx. 35 slides in an oak box including scenes of China Manchuria Egypt Italy etc.
• CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUECHINESE
  CHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUECHINESE PORCELAIN PLAQUE Chinese, early 20th century, porcelain, "Misty Mountains", depicting mountains of Zhushan County with lavender border, framed. 16 x 11 in. (40.6 x 27.9 cm.)
• Chinese Manchu jade seal
  Chinese Manchu jade seal Republic period Spinach-jade seal of upright rectangular form with open arched top; incised on two sides in gilt Chinese and Manchurian script to read "Chun Qin Wang Zai-feng" (Prince Chun, Zai-feng, 1882-1951); seal in Manchurian script; with wooden stand. PROVENANCE: Estate of Mrs. Diana Engstrom, Northern California and Sweden Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
• US War and Navy Department
  US War and Navy Department Hydrographic Map of China. 1946. Map is double with 4 subregional maps depicting P'O Tung, Ma Hsu K'ou, Lung Chiang, and Shang Sha Hsu. Overall dimension of sheet measures 45x40'' with subregional maps measuring 20x22.5''.
• A MANCHU WOMAN'S EMBROIDERED SILK
  A MANCHU WOMAN'S EMBROIDERED SILK INFORMAL ROBE A Manchu woman's embroidered silk informal robe, late Qing dynasty, constructed with a right-side closure and worked in brightly colored threads to depict butterflies hovering amidst blooming plum branches against a rose-pink ground, the collar, sleeves, hem, and side edges lined with ivory-ground floral ribbons and wide black silk bands embroidered with large peony blossoms and butterflies, the waist with elaborately cut ruyi design (wear and soiling to collar, possible alterations to both sleeves, some re-stitches, one button is replaced, overall color fading), 55" long.
• 19C CHINESE LANDSCAPE NANKING
  19C CHINESE LANDSCAPE NANKING PLATTER China,19th CenturyLarge oval platter with blue and white depiction of a town along a river.
• Chinese School 20th c. "Mountainous
  Chinese School 20th c. "Mountainous Landscape with Huts and Fence" ink and color on paper inscribed middle right with two seals labeled en verso "Pan Tianshou" 35 1/8 in. x 18 3/8 in. mounted as a hanging scroll. Provenance: Washington Collector; acquired by descent in the family of Zhao Xiwu (1918-2001) well-known herbal medicine practitioner in Beijing.
• A Chinese Propaganda Poster Mao Era
  A Chinese Propaganda Poster Mao Era Apprx. 19" x 26" with the image of two Chinese soldiers atop a bunker vanquishing US forces silhouetted by the sun's rays behind annotated in Chinese along the bottom edge stating "Complete and full support to our North Korean comrades fighting the US - volunteers from China". Framed in a wide gilt frame under glass overall apprx. 23-1/2" x 30-3/4".
• CHINESE ARTIST, C1865 HONG KONG
  CHINESE ARTIST, C1865 HONG KONG FROM KOWLOON 32 x 72cm Provenance: Acquired by a local family circa 1900 and thence by descent. The exceptional draughtsmanship of this beautifully preserved China Trade panorama from the islands in the West to East Point on the extreme left includes midway, the entire town of Victoria. Buildings of note include the numerous godowns along the waterfront, Murray Barracks, St John's Cathedral, the Government Offices, Government House (1855) and, on Victoria Peak, the signal station, built in 1861. Over forty European ships, both merchant and naval at anchor in the roadstead are shown in remarkable detail. Also included are two covered over hulks used as barrack ships or to accommodate sailors. The unusual, slightly elevated viewpoint, to the North of Hong Kong Island, depicts with military precision, the extensive Anglo-French encampment in Kowloon, territory ceded to Britain at the end of the Second Opium War in 1860.
• Painting gouache on paper of
  Painting gouache on paper of China town by Mane Katz (Ukraine 1894-1962). Sight 14 1/2'' x 21''.
• 'CHINA, TOO, IS FIGHTING TO
  'CHINA, TOO, IS FIGHTING TO DEFEND A WAY OF LIFE', MARCH 23, 1942, PUBLISHED BY THE GRABHORN PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 1942'China, Too, Is Fighting to Defend a Way of Life', March 23, 1942, Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, July 1942
• 18 Asian-inspired lithographs:
  18 Asian-inspired lithographs: possibly extracted in part from Malpiere, La Chine, moeurs, usages, arts et metiers, peines civiles et militaires…, hand-colored lithographs on paper, 10-3/4 x 7-7/8 in. to 9-1/2 x 13-3/4 in.; with one watercolor, artist unknown, (19 pieces). Six loose, printed in London by the London Printing Company, seven taped to mat verso, five loose from Malpiere, watercolor taped to mat verso, all with light handling grime, light foxing and toning, some with small tears.
• Two Japanese watercolours
  Two Japanese watercolours probably 18th century one believed to depict the Mongolian fleet being destroyed by a tsunami signed top right each 40 x 30 cm.
• Six Chinese rice paper paintings of
  Six Chinese rice paper paintings of Mandarins, 17cm x 14cm
• Two Japan
  Two Japan
• A small album of Chinese and
  A small album of Chinese and other photographs, early 20th Century, including temples, lacquer vases, a leopard 'that came to the circus at Foochow', monastery festival, river at Sanpan, English cemetery etc., approximately twenty two and a framed photograph of a man, the frame bearing label of Hang Ling Kee, No 11, Sze The Lee, Sin Seng Road, Hankow
• Six Sino-Tibetan textile fragments
  Six Sino-Tibetan textile fragments late ming/early qing and later
• Jade Mountain Ming Dynasty, burnt
  Jade Mountain Ming Dynasty, burnt "chicken bone" Xinjiang jade, opaque white with "baby's blush" pinkish-red spots from manganese inclusions (superficial cracks or fissures probably from intense heat), mountain with conifers and other trees growing in crevasses, a river rushing by at the base with the Hehe twins on a raft, Chan Chu, the three-legged toad, swimming after them, base carved with swirling water, 6-1/4 x 6-7/8 x 3-1/2 in.,
• CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
  CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION ILLUSTRATION. Ca. 1960s-70s, gouache on paper. Illustration for propaganda poster featuring agricultural venues, military, speeches and parade above a reserve with tally marks. Inked text on back. Some creases and surface scuffs, mainly in the corners. Unframed, 71.5"h. 34.75"w.
• 37 PCS, U.S. MILITARY WORLD WAR
  37 PCS, U.S. MILITARY WORLD WAR II SURVIVAL MAPS U.S. Government, 1945. Collection of thirty-seven armed services C 52 and 53 survival maps of Japan, South China Sea and East China Sea, printed on fabric. Approx. 33" x 32" (each)
• Chinese robe; 19th century C'hing
  Chinese robe; 19th century C'hing Dynasty chifu, worn by Manchurian dignitaries, silk embroidery and gold couching depict three five-toed dragons pursuing the pearl of wisdom, hai siaw (tsunami) border above vibrant chevron, fabric loop and engraved button closure. 53"H. Good condition.