A wooden miniature that represents a famous personality figure from an ancient chinese folklore tale, told in most different ways.
The sculptured mouse holds a Ruyi Scepter, that in the present depiction seems to be broken or twisted. The RUYI is a ceremonial scepter of good fortune and longevity used by the chinese QUING royalty. For the chinese people the RUYI is a symbol that everything goes well and means translated "according to one´s wishes".
Originally the Ruyi had the function of a backscratcher with which one could reach all body areas out of reach. Commonly the ends of the ruyi are designed as Lingzhi Funghus, Sunflower, Cloud or Lotos and mostly it is carved with Persimmons.
The Ruyi Mouse was explained to CID Institute Museum with the meaning, that the miniature shows the mouse that has stolen the Ruyi Scepter from the King´s Palace, but it broke. The depicted Mouse´s gesture might also mean, that the mouse holds the Ruyi to heal it. The mouse then would represent an anime help force spirit for humans, when believe in good intentions, honesty and sincerity of state administration start to be broken.
The depicted sculptured personalities are a mother turtle that carries her tortoise baby daughter on her carapace meanwhile she sit´s on a bundle knotted together.
Probably the personalities depicted in the miniature make reference to an ancient chinese folklore tale that includes the thematic of migration of an mother with her child when having lost their father respectively husband. The knotted bundle might refer to their travel luggage or symbolize the burial of their dead familiy member.
Tea
Tea portions wrapped in dried leaf
Bicycle sculpture made from copper and zinc wire, twine and balsa wood.
The bicycle sculpture is a present from Mrs. Marie Claude de Lespinoise from Paris and Mr. Juergen Haese from Frankfurt that they brought as donation to CID Institute Museum from their first China-Travel during the 1980ies or 1990ies.
Silver necklace of wrist pendant with sculptured royal flower and central bordered turquoise pearl on the lid of the box.
The sculptured flower remembers a Compass Rose and is similar to the british Tutor Rose but in contrast to this one consist only in a four-fold blossom.
The object from China might be an historic original remnant from the Lop Nor Cultural Sites
Two red tassels made with from traditional chinese knotting technique, decorative objects developed from folk art. The knots represent one of 8 symbols of Buddhism. The Pan Chang or P´Anch´Ang communicates the believe of Buddhism in an continuous cycle of life with no beginning and no end.
The Master of the Witches
Sorcerer doll in traditional chinese puppet theater design.
Present from Mrs. Xiaoli Liu in 2017/18
The CID Institute Museum´s Patronesses Personal Objects from China :
The Belongings that Rosemarie Zanger received as presents from China date from the years 2008 until 2012 and are personal presents of her family friend from Shanghai / Beijing, Mrs. Xiaoli Liu / Sherryliu with german residence in Weilburg.
Rosemarie Zanger as young woman maintained a pen-pal-friendship to an Asian girlfriend living in Bombay / India. This relationship opened her interest for Asian Culture, that contemporary also was influenced by several Hollywood Cinema productions as for example Madame Butterfly. Rosemarie acquired during the 1950ies and 60ies several household decoration objects from Asia. Between those figured as most important her chionese rice-ceramic Tea-Set, a family reliquia that is actually lost as also some other objects from Asia.
Personal presents that she received from her Bombay pen-pal Fili Patel are presented in the Objects from India - Showroom
Between her resting personal objects figure some more objects from Asia without exact references and presented in the Rosemarie Zanger Personal Object Showroom.
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