Thai Paintings and Screens

The camellias painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base ov...

Chinese six-panel lacquer screen. This lovely and versatile screen is in the great style of Coco Chanel who loved to decorate with Coromandel s...

The irises painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wooden lattic...

A six-fold Japanese screen by Tosa Mitsusuke (1675-1710), Japan 17th-18th century, Edo period. The signature reads Shoroku-i ge Tosa sa Konoe Shogen Mit...

The cranes by the river painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wo...

Chinese Polychrome Coromandel Black Lacquer Eight-Panel Court Screen. Comprised of 8 lacquered coromandel panels, this Chinese folding screen is intri...

The flowering grasses and bamboo painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully j...

A Tibetan Thangka Buddhist painting hand-painted on canvas, created for the veneration of the Three Great Bodhisattvas. Embrace the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with this vibra...

The pidgeon painting of this single-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on rice paper over carefully jointed wooden lattice frames. Rails are then applied to the perimeter to...

The fine pair of wallpaper panels was hand-painted in gilt paint on rice paper, reproducing the 19th century Chinese export chinoiserie painti...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare Chinese ancestral oil on canvas family painting which is part of a suite I have four of these in...

Horses Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki Ink on gold leaf, late 17th-early 18th century Measures: H 55 cm x W 182 cm The Kano school was closely aligned with the warrior class in Japan. The samurai, who lived in a closed and rigid hierarchical society established by the Shogunate, were drawn to the energy and freedom horses symbolize; Kano school artists commonly depicted the equine creatures as they are here, in unfettered and carefree family groups. China originally introduced horse paintings to Japan; the works typically focused on capturing the essence of horses in their various environments and often involved integrating human figures into the images. Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) was the son of Kano Tanyu...