Antique Chinese Art Reverse Painted Immortal & Boy with Peach Painting on Glass

Wonderful large antique Chinese Imperial Emperor ancestral painting. Hand-painted original work on paper with age related wear as pictured. Additional...

Exquisite pair of Venetian Murano Formia Italian Sommeroso Vetri art glass hand blown figural pair of Chinese men figures/sculptures. Great form and color...

Large Chinese porcelain enamel painted lidded floor vase with mythic phoenix birds and chrysanthemum floral decoration. Figural lion dog top han...

A beautiful Chinese-Tibetan brass trinket box with turquoise and coral glass inlay pieces. Great filigree design with has a wonderful patina. In good...

Fantastic Art Nouveau Thomas Webb cameo art glass flower vase dating from the early part of the 1900's. The vase was made in England and is signed on...

Fine antique Chinese sterling silver and enamel horse sculpture mounted on a lacquered wood stand. The horse is made of sterling silver...

Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially work backwards, starting with details and shading before adding color and form. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effect, this exacting technique doesn't allow for any corrections, and is only revealed to its full effect when the glass pane is turned around. This example dates to the late 19th century and depicts the Taoist immortals He Xiangu and Cao Guojiu. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, the Eight Immortals each represent a different condition in life and impart blessings of prosperity and longevity. The charming scene is likely one of a set of...

A charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting a noblewoman within a courtyard setting with a kid who is holding a lotus, walkin...

A large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse painting on the mirror, depicting a boy and a crane in the garden. Reverse glass pictures became fashionable in the 18th cent...

Beautiful reverse painting on glass of young Asian boy. Very rare and also rare subject matter. Very cute boy image. This is 19th Century. Great colors.

Each nicely painted in reverse. One depicting a boy playing a flute to a terrapin in a sea and the other a man in a sea rising over a man floating in a shell. Carved wood frames.

Antique Chinese Pair of Reverse Glass Paintings, each depicting a young lady seated at a table, one with flute in hand, the other with a fan, each seated on a chair with a red cover ...