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Material: Paper
Set of Six Chinese Canton Watercolours on Pith Paper Depicting Interior Scenes
Located in Uckfield, Sussex
Many export paintings were known for their skillful treatment of subject and brilliancy of color; These paintings are no exception. These types of export paintings were highly regarded Chinese mementos of life in Canton during the 19th century and were created to capture of the atmosphere of that particular region. The subjects varied from colorfully costumed women...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Chrysanthemums, Edo period (circa 1800) painting of a variety of chrysanthemums in a garden landscape, with sparrows. Mineral p...
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Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen Ink Painting of Banana Leaves on Mulberry Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period (dated 1787) beautiful painting of unfurling palm leaves with romping puppies in the background. Ink painting (sumi-e) on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Okyo. Calligraph...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Winter Landscape with Flowering Plum
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Winter landscape with flowering plum, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a full moon with wild grasses between river's edge and a snow covered plum tree ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

20th Century Chinese Abstract Painting by Qu Jian Xiong
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese painting by Qu Jian Xiong Fantastic original painting by noted Chinese artist Qu Jian Xiong. Original mixed media with paints and inks. Dimensions 23" x 23". The fra...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Chrysanthemums Through the Mist Obara Art Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Chrysanthemums Through the Mist Obara Paper Art Screen. Surreal and masterful rendering of chrysanthemums cloaked in mist that varies in opacity made entirely of carefully arranged mulberry paper fibers in a Japanese art practice called Obara. Accented with gold leaf. Unique in terms of both execution and dreamlike mood. Made by Yamauchi Issei (b. 1929), stamped in the corner. Issei is well known throughout Japan as the leading artist in Obara Paper Art. Starting in 1948, he apprenticed with Fuji Tatsukichi, a leading proponent of the arts and crafts movement in Japan who worked to revive many cultural traditions on the brink of extinction. Issei started exhibiting in the Nitten in 1953, won the gold medal in 1963, and eventually became a juror. His artwork was given as a gift to the Showa Emperor of Japan, as well as dignitaries such as General Douglas MacArthur...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen Harbor Scene in Abstract Form
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted painting of ships moored in the background. Painted by Nishide Kofuku and exhibited at the 1963 Nitten National Exhibition. Kofuku was born in 1926 in Shiga Prefecture. He...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Metal, Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen Summer Garden on Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Flowers including peonies, dahlias, irises, and bellflowers bloom underneath a blossoming cherry tree and provide cover for a pair of quail. The structure of this garden almost resem...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Chinese Spotted Deer Painting Fragment, c. 1751
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as spirit screens, small Chinese table screens such as this were often used to block drafts and other intrusions in a scholar's workspa...
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Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Pearwood

Japanese Two Panel Screen Sedge of Cranes in Rolling Landscape with Gold Clouds
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a group of cranes gathering next to water's edge with gold dust clouds in the background. The scene is accented by wild grasses and lichen on the...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold

20th Century Showa Period Beautiful Spring Garden Folding Screen Two Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese screen with two doors painted with mineral pigments on rice paper. Early Showa period.
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Ramesh Shames, Indian Pair of Elephant and Camel Paper Drawings, 1970s
Located in Marbella, ES
Ramesh Shames, Indian pair of colourful elephant and camel paper drawings, circa 1970. They are part of a large private collection. Dimensions of each.
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Late 20th Century Indian Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Hibiscus In Bloom
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hibiscus in Bloom, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of hibiscus flowers reaching for the sun in full bloom. Mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocad...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Chinese Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Three Jewels of Buddhism
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Three Jewels of Buddhism. Meiji period (1868-1912) painting. The three jewels of Buddhism are the teacher, the lesson, and the ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

China Trade Set of Six Sunqua Still Life of Fruit & Flowers Paintings
By Sunqua
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade set of six Gouache Still Life Paintings of Fruit & Flowers on Pith Paper, Each Signed Sunqua, mid-19th century The fine China Trade pith paper painting...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ikebana on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Ikebana on gold. Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a basket with beautifully arranged spring flowers in the style of ikebana (Japanese traditional flowe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Wall panel, ink on paper. Upper seal: Kou Kinun in Lower seal: Kaigen Dimensions: Measures: 98.5 cm x 29.5 cm (39” ...
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17th Century Korean Other Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Period Peacocks Painted on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese ink and color on silk Showa painting of a pair of peacocks. Vivid colors and beautiful details with a signature and seal on right side bottom. Framed in a midcentur...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Plexiglass, Paper, Wood

19TH Century BALINESE Elephant Painting
Located in Hawthorne, CA
19th century elephant painting by unknown Balinese artist. A vibrant figural painting with a white elephant in black and matted frame. Color on clot...
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Mid-19th Century Thai Other Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Paper

China Trade Watercolor & Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit & Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Superb quality painting! China Trade Watercolor & Gouache on pith paper, Set of twelve paintings of fruit and flowers, Circa 1850-1860 ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Chinese Brush Calligraphy
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Edo period six-panel folding silver leaf screen featuring Chinese style brush calligraphy of a poem. Squares of silver leaf with a vintage patina and calligraphy script on verso as seen in losses. The front of the screen decorated with large Buddhist...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf, Brass

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Whimsical Beast
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Whimsical beast. Wonderful, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a bellowing lion executed in a very fine style with excellent and thoughtful details. A tr...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Framed Chinese Watercolor Painting 'Bird on Flower' by Zhao Shao Ang in 1987
By Zhao Shao Ang
Located in Haarlem, NL
Beautiful framed painting signed and painted by Shao Ang in 1987 Zhao Shao Ang (1905-1998) was born in Guangzhou (Canton, China) he moved back and forth...
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Late 20th Century Hong Kong Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

17th century Japanese Falcon Painting, Mitani Toshuku, Unkoku School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654) “Falcon” Wall panel, ink and light color on paper. Upper Seal: Mitani Lower Seal: Toshuku Dimensions: Each 118.5 cm x 51 cm x 2 cm (46.5” x 20” x .75”) Individual falcon paintings by Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654), an early artist of the Unkoku School. Founded by Unkoku Togan (1547–1618), a master of the Momoyama period, the Unkoku school enjoyed long lasting patronage in southern Japan. Togan was a retainer of the Mori family in present day Yamaguchi prefecture. Members of the school considered themselves to be in the artistic lineage of Sesshu Toyo...
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Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Stylized Waves on Silver Leaf and Golden Sun
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Stylized waves on silver leaf and golden sun. Showa period (1926-1989), modern painting in mineral pigments on silver.
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1950s Japanese Modern Vintage Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Peony, Wisteria, Cherry and Bamboo on Soft Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Peony, Wisteria, cherry and bamboo on soft silver, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a garden in spring. Painted in mineral pigments on oxidized silver ...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Vintage Screen After Hiroshige "Tokaido Road" Byobu 28 Prints
Located in South Burlington, VT
This unusual Japanese six-panel Byobu screen with twenty eight (28) authentic and old Hiroshige Tokaido Road series ukiyo-e prints applied on paper, ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

17th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Gibbons of Folklore
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Gibbons of Folklore, Edo period (17th century) Kano School painting of gibbons in Japanese fables. The left panel represents a Japanese fable of a monkey a...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Four-Panel Screen Water Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese four-panel screen: Water landscape, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a waterfall on the left, leading to a meandering stream amongst a hi...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Dutch Colonial Japanese Scroll Painting of Chief Merchant Doeff
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Nagasaki School (EARLY 19TH CENTURY) Opperhoofd Hendrik Doeff with Javanese servant Kakemono, watercolor on paper, mounted on silk and textile covered paper scroll, not signed....
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Folding Screen with Chrysanthemums and Morning Glories
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji/Taisho period two panel folding screen richly painted on Mulberry paper and depicting chrysanthemums and morning glories on a ivory background. The piece is framed by ...
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1910s Japanese Meiji Vintage Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Summer Flowers on Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Summer flowers on silver. Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of Summer flowers including morning glories and daisies against a garden fence. Signature and...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Pair of Japanese Ink Hanging Scrolls Kano Tanyu
By Kano Tan'yu 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine matching pair of hanging scrolls ink on paper mounted in green brocade borders circa Edo period (17-18th century). The Kano school painting depicts wild geese in the reeds by the margin of water, a popular subject borrowed from the Chinese tradition. Both painting were signed as Tanyu with a red seal of Morinobu, his birth name. The storage box is also present and was inscribed with the title Painting of Geese and Reeds and Kano Tanyu...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese 2-Panel 'Shunga' Screen with Finely Painted Erotic Depictions of Lovers
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A very finely painted two panel 'shunga' screen with scenes of naked erotic lovers in union. The scene on the left panel simply depicts the lovers in ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen Banana Grove
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Banana Grove, early Showa period (late 1920s-1930s) painting of life-size fruiting banana trees in a style that ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ink Painting of Palm Trees on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: ink painting of Palm Trees on paper, Edo period (1787) beautiful painting of Japanese windmill palm trees. Ink paint...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Silk, Wood

Early 19th Century Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Tropical Garden
Located in Hudson, NY
With a banana leaf palm on the left, at water's edge with geese. Perhaps a scene from the southern islands. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold leaf and a silk brocade border.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Plovers in Flight Over Coastal Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Plovers in flight over coastal landscape. Late Edo - Early Meiji period, circa 1870, painting of plovers flying over cresting waves. Sumi ink on mulberry p...
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1870s Japanese Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Pair of Japanese Edo Screens Chrysanthemums Along Fence
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable pair of early 19th century Japanese late Edo period screens depicting summer chrysanthemums growing along a brushwood fence. Ink and...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Late Winter into Early Spring
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Late winter into early spring, Rimpa style painting of a garden scene with doves on a bamboo fence. Flowers in bloom including ...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

"Literary Gathering" Chinese Scroll Painting, c. 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an Late 20th-century reproduction of a...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Horses in Stable
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting of horses in stabile, with a monkey. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Collection of Prints and Paintings of Birds and Flowers by Kono Bairei
By Kono Bairei
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A volume of prints and paintings by Japanese artist Kono Bairei (1844-1895), well known practitioner of the Ukiyo e school during the Meiji period. He was born and lived in Kyoto, sp...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Sotheby's Japanese Prints, Paintings and Screens, New York June 18, 1990
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Japanese prints, paintings and screens, New York June 18, 1990. First edition softcover catalog. 531 illustrated lots.
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1990s American Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Contemporary Japanese Screen with Kimono
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Contemporary Japanese two-panel screen created in the traditional manner, using vintage kimono textile on a paper ground, employing quality fittings. Ma...
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20th Century Japanese Paper Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Lacquer, Paper

Chinese New Year Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar New Year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered early 20th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Scroll Painting of Diplomat Takeaki Enomoto, Meiji, Late 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Anonymous Japanese painter (MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY) Portrait of Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908) Ink, color and go fun on silk, framed. Painting: 79.5 x 50 cm With fram...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Chinese Water Color Painting of Riverside Village
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Chinese water color of riverside village with one artist seal. Overall size: 19.5 width 26" high image size 14 1/4" width 20" high.
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1980s Chinese Modern Vintage Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Edo Festival Screen, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century folding screen is a stunning example of Japanese artistry. Beautifully painted with delicate brushwork, the evocative screen depicts a lively festival during the Ed...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Framed Japanese Ink Painting Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
An ink painting on the fan surface by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871), now framed in a traditional Japanese carved wood frame with silk fabric mat and decorative hangin...
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1850s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Fujibakama, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Purple Trousers (Fujibakama), Illustration to Chapter 30 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Tosa School (second half of the 17th century) Ink, ...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Rimpa School Chrysanthemums on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
An abundant use of gold with beautifully draped chrysanthemums and gold flake clouds. Mineral pigments, go fun, gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Buddhist Teaching Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Buddhist teaching painting, set of four paintings with 24 Buddhist stories with Japanese written characters in each story on one screen. Provenance: Purchased from Christie's South Kensington...
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1820s Japanese Edo Antique Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Water Color Painting of Riverside Village with Boat
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Chinese water color of riverside village with boat with one artist seal. Overall size: 19.5 width, 26" high Image size: 14 1/4" width, 20" ...
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1980s Chinese Modern Vintage Paper Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Asian Wood Panel Paintings Diptych Brass Hardware Flora and Fauna Scene Chinese
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage Han Palace Art Co. scroll framed oil painting wood diptych carved panels. The original tag on back. This is a vintage piece from the 1950s or 1960s. It shows signs of natural...
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Late 20th Century Taiwanese Chinoiserie Paper Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint, Paper

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