The 2025 December Auction - Sale 346 (December 13 - December 16, 2025)
Sale 346
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showing Soong Ching-ling (宋慶齡), Sun Fo (孫科), and General Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) walking solemnly in the funeral cortege, accompanied by military officers and mourners. Taken during the grand state funeral held in 1929 for the reinterment of Dr. Sun’s remains at the Nanking Mausoleum. Printed on AZO photographic postcard stock. Unused, with minor surface wear and light corner crease. A rare and historically important photograph recording leading Republican figures in the 送葬 (funeral procession) of China’s founding father.
scenes include the elaborate flower-adorned coffin, military and civic procession through the streets, decorated ceremonial arches, and the arrival platform prepared for the repatriation of Sun’s remains aboard HMS Kent. All unused. Scarce documentary record of one of the most significant national events of modern China.
comprising views of the ship transporting Sun’s remains from the north, decorated ceremonial archways, military honor guards, and the special train bearing his portrait; together with several views of the newly completed Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (中山陵), including its iconic domed tomb and monumental approach stairway. All printed on AZO and other contemporary photographic postcard stock, mostly unused, some with manuscript captions referring to the transport and ceremony. A rare and cohesive visual record of the 1929 state funeral and national mourning for the “Father of the Nation.” Fine to Very Fine.
Sepia-tone bust portrait in Western suit and tie, titled “孫科先生肖像” at foot. Unused and clean, lightly toned, VF.
showing fifteen men in formal attire posed on steps, including Sun Ke -- the sone of Dr. Sun Yet Sen, with three uniformed soldiers standing on a stone wall behind them.
sepia profile portrait of Huang Xing in Western suit and tie, captioned “Huaug Hsing” (typographical error for “Huang Hsing”) at lower margin in English and Chinese. French handwritten message on reverse. Huang Hsing (1874–1916) was a leading revolutionary and co-founder of the Republic of China alongside Sun Yat-sen.
sepia portrait in Western suit and tie, captioned “黃興先生.” Huang Xing (1874–1916) was a leading revolutionary and co-founder of the Republic of China alongside Sun Yat-sen. Scarce.
depicting the revolutionary leader Huang Xing (黃興) in formal Western attire within an oval frame, captioned “Wong Hing.” A Japanese-made lithographed postcard issued circa early Republic period, finely printed and commemorating one of the founding figures of the 1911 Revolution.
printed portrait with bilingual caption “HWANG HSING / 黃君興”, bearing contemporary manuscript message in French, dated “Pékin, le 26 Juin 1912”, with text relating to revolutionary events in China. Some toning and light wear, rare.
early printed photographic portrait postcard depicting Huang Hsing (黃興), revolutionary leader and one of the founders of the Republic of China, shown in formal Western attire with Chinese caption “黃克強先生遺像” (Portrait of the Late Mr. Huang K’o-ch’iang). Scarce.
in full military uniform, captioned “LI YUAN HUNG” (黎君元洪). Printed in Japan, unused. Scarce early portrait of the former Vice President and President of the Republic of China. Fine to Very Fine.
plain reverse, without postcard format. A scarce commemorative issue from the early Republic period.