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June 23rd, 2008 
Angie Rare Chinese Qing
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Qing Pirate Vinyl Figure (RARE) $79.95 House of Liu – Qing Pirate. Masters of the seas and terrorizers of the coasts, the Qing pirates pillaged their way through everything with the ultimate deadly forces. Little was known about this rowdy group of treasure hunters as very few people survived their wrath to tell the tales. Some people believed these pirates were a random renegade gang, but in reality, they were an elite division of the… |
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The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection $27.99 NA… |
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Wicks: Children in Chinese Art CL $15.98 Depictions of children have had a prominent place in Chinese art since the Song period (960-1279). Yet one would be hard pressed to find any significant discussion of children in art in the historical documents of imperial China or contemporary scholarship on Chinese art. Children in Chinese Art brings to the forefront themes and motifs that have crossed social boundaries for centuries but have be… |
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Becoming Madame Mao $0.01 From the best-selling author of RED AZALEA, this extraordinary novel tells the stirring, erotically charged story of Madame Mao Zedong, the woman almost universally known as the ‘white-boned demon,’ whom many hold directly responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution. Bringing her lush psychological insight to bear on the facts of history, Min penetrates the myth surrounding this woman … |
Chinese Coins – hei lung kiang province chinese coin
Traditionally, Chinese cash coins were cast in copper, brass or iron. In the mid 1800s, the coins were made from three parts copper and two parts lead. Cast silver coins were intermittently produced but are considerably rarer. Cast gold coins are also known to be but are intensely rare.
Chinese cash coins originated from the barter of farming tools and rural surpluses. Around 1200 BC, smaller token spades, hoes, and knives commenced to be used to conduct smaller exchanges with the tokens later liquified down to provide real farm implements. These tokens came to be used as media of exchange themselves and were known as spade money and knife money.
The earlier coins were cast to weight standards in a direct relationship with the denominations, so if you weighted a coin at twelve grams it was almost certain a 1 Liang (or 1 Jin) denomination. During the Chin Dynasty, sometime around 250 BC, this changed and be begin to see coins issued with denomination marks that bare no connection to the actual weight of the coin. This is best seen on the Ban liang ( 1/2 Liang ) coins of the State of Jaw which can vary in weight considerably but the earliest massive diameter issues weigh at least 6 grams (and often significantly more), but the size and weight gradually declined and by the point they were last issued in the Han Dynasty are commonly seen at three grams or less, but still with the Ban Liang denomination on them.
The Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese all cast their own copper cash in the latter part of the second millennium similar to those employed by China.
The last cash coins were struck, not cast, in the reign of the Qing Xuantong Emperor just before the fall of the Empire in 1911. The coin continued to be used unofficially in China till the mid 20 th century.
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Rare Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Yellow Horn Frame Eyeglass LENS LOSE $279.90 |
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RARE Antique CHINESE hardstone ELEPHANT SET QING figure #7 $392.90 |
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Chinese Qing period rare elegance Yellow Green Jade bracelet 三彩玉手鐲 $988.00 |
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Rare Chinese emerald green Glass snuff bottle Carved dragons and symbols Qing ++ $155.00 |
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Fine Rare Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Celadon Nephrite Jade Monkey Handheld $299.00 |
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RARE ANTIQUE CHINESE FAN EVENTAIL OX BONE Qing Dynasty 19th Century $1.25 |
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Rare Chinese Qing Dy Jade “Lu” figure $2,000.00 |
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Mega rare antique Chinese jewelry box caddy, painted laquer wood Qing Dynasty $1,500.00 |
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ANTIQUE-CHINESE QING DYNASTY AMAZING V.RARE!! LOTUS FLOWER & SEEDS HAND CARVING $1,349.99 |
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Fine Rare Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Pretty White Nephrite Jade Thumb Ring $299.00 |
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Rare Chinese Qing Dynasty intricately carved walnut shell scholars plaything $149.95 |
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Rare Ming / Qing Chinese Ancient Lacquer Xipi Rhinoceros Skin Painting Box $150,000.00 |
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Rare Chinese Qing Dy Jade elephant figure $299.00 |
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Rare antique 19th C Qing Dinasty Chinese silver teapot set.650g $6,900.00 |
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Rare Chinese Qing Dy Jade “Fu Lu Shou” person figure $450.00 |
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ANTIQUE CHINESE QING DYNASTY RARE OLD HAND CARVED RED CINNABAR SCHOLAR’S CABINET $4,850.00 |
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Rare CHINESE Blue and White flower shaped porcelain PLATE CHING dynasty,QING $1,480.00 |
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RARE CHINESE SIGNED FAMILLE rose porcelain BOWL CHING dynasty Tongzhi,birds,qing $1,150.00 |
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Rare CHINESE SIGNED famille rose porcelain BOWL CHING dynasty DAOGUANG,QING $1,250.00 |
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Lovely Rare Chinese 17th/18th Century Qing Dehua (Blanc-de-Chine) Censer $469.91 |
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