The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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monochrome printed portrait depicting General T’an Yen-k’ai (譚延闓) in traditional attire. Captioned below portrait “T’AN YEN K’AI – General of Hunan”. Issued by The Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai. Scarce.
monochrome printed portrait depicting General T’ang Shou-ch’ien (湯壽潛) of Chekiang in traditional attire. Captioned below portrait “T’ANG SHOU CH’IEN – General of Chekiang”. Issued by The Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai. Scarce.
1932 press photograph titled “Mongolian Chieftain in Manchuria,” taken in Mukden (now Shenyang), showing Mongolian tribal leader Tsa-Omouni (also known as Tshermuni) attending the Japanese-sponsored founding event of Manchukuo.
1927 press photograph titled “The Youngest General in China,” showing Wu Kepeng, reputedly the youngest general in the Chinese Army. About the size of a twelve-year-old boy, he toured with Anhui troops as part of their propaganda efforts.
published by Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai, China. Early printed photographic portrait showing Li Yuan-hung (黎元洪) in military uniform, bilingual caption below portrait. With oval frame design typical of early Republican portrait postcards, printed on medium cardstock. Scarce. Small holes at 4 corners and with toning. F-VF.
published by Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai, China. Early printed photographic postcard depicting Chiang Tsun-kuei (蔣尊簋) in full military uniform, bilingual caption below portrait. With characteristic oval frame design of the early Republican era, printed on medium cardstock. Small holes at 4 corners and with crease. F-VF.
published in The Royal Series. Early printed photographic postcard depicting Sun Tao-jen (孫道仁) in military uniform, with bilingual captions beneath the oval portrait. Issued on light cardstock, typical of early Republican portrait series. Toned. F-VF.
captioned “MA YÜ PAO – General of Kiangse” and “江西都督馬毓寶”, issued by Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai, China. picture style portrait within an oval frame, fine and scarce.
in the Attack of Nanking, captioned “CHU JUI – Commander-in-Chief of the Chekiang Division of the Allied Army in the Attack of Nanking” and “會攻江寗浙軍統領朱瑞”. Issued by Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai, China. picture style with oval frame. Scarce revolutionary military portrait.
monochrome printed portrait captioned “第六軍長程潛之肖像”, issued by “上海派克路益壽里民新美術社發行”. Depicting the general in formal attire. Plain reverse. Minor toning, very fine and scarce.
printed with bilingual caption “CH’ÊNG TÊ CH’UAN / Generalissimo of Kiangsu” and “江蘇都督程德全”, issued as part of The Royal Series. picture style with oval frame, showing the general in traditional attire. Reverse with printed “POST CARD” and “The Royal Series” insignia. Mild toning and surface spots, scarce.
blue-tinted printed portrait titled “Chi‘eng Tê Ch‘üan, Generalissimo of Kiangsu / 江蘇都督程德全”, published by Commercial Press, Ltd., Shanghai. Early portrait of the Jiangsu military leader. Scarce.