19th Century Paintings and Screens

Period: 19th Century

Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japanese Satsuma, a fine and monumental 18" Meiji period charger Ozara with rare motif: Captain fisherman and his fish. Depicting a tale of Urashima Tarō* (see below), Signed Jyukan pottery by Chinjyu Makoto, in a lovely gold gilt and red detailed hand-painted composition Age: 1880-1900. Dimensions: 18 inches diameter and includes owner's signed wooden presentation box, tomobako. Hand made and hand painted. Finest quality. Provenance: Old Southern Japanese collection. Urashima Tarō (浦島太郎?) is a Japanese legend about a fisherman who holds a fishing pole and rescues a turtle and is rewarded for this with a visit to Ryūgū-jō, the palace of Ryūjin, the Dragon God, under the sea. He stays there for three days and upon his return to his village, finds himself 300 years in the future. Finest quality. Largest size. Original collector box tomobako included. Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian works of art come with our Lifetime Authenticity Guarantee. We are members of the North American Japanese Garden Association (NAJGA) specializing for ten years now in old and authentic Japanese stone...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Ceramic

Japanese Huge Antique Captain Whale Fisherman Satsuma Charger, 18 Inches & Box

Japanese Meiji Door Carvings Featuring Owl and Parrot in Mother of Pearl & Bones

Located in New York, NY

Japanese Meiji period pair of wooden doors featuring carvings of an owl and a parrot on perch, with birds and flowers. The carvings are executed i...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Japanese Meiji Door Carvings Featuring Owl and Parrot in Mother of Pearl & Bones

Chinese Sign of Honor, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

A 19th century northern Chinese sign of honor presented to an esteemed scholar on his 80th birthday. The large characters in the center read (from right...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm

Chinese Sign of Honor, c. 1850

Japanese Antique Painted Scroll Two Lucky Old Friends

Located in South Burlington, VT

Two lucky old friends. A very fine Japanese antique hand-painted paper scroll of Ebisu and Daikoko , two old friends and two of Japan's seven lucky gods signifying prosperity, good ...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Antique Painted Scroll Two Lucky Old Friends

Japanese Six-Panel Screen

Located in Stamford, CT

A six-panel Japanese paper screen with poems, autumn flowers, bamboo fence and Mandarin ducks. Poems are believed to be earlier but were probably...

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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo Grove on Mulberry Paper with Gold Dust

Located in Hudson, NY

Kano School painting of a bamboo grove with blooming flowers and gold dust mists. Painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold dust and a silk brocade border.

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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo Grove on Mulberry Paper with Gold Dust

Fabulous Landscape by Kōgyō Terasaki 1866-1919 Japan Painter Akita Prefecture

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

Maruyama–Shijo style painting Condition; Good but some stains. Overall dimensions: width of about 28.2 cm and Length of about 173.8 cm Painting width of about 25.5 cm × leng...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Fabulous Landscape by Kōgyō Terasaki 1866-1919 Japan Painter Akita Prefecture

Pair of Finely Carved Chinese Antique Screens, Gourds and Butterflies

Located in Somis, CA

A pair of beautiful finely carved Chinese Antique screens. The main openwork features finely carved auspicious motifs such as butterflies, gourd...

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Pair of Finely Carved Chinese Antique Screens, Gourds and Butterflies

Japanese Folding Screen with a Spring Landscape, Kano School, 19th Century

Located in Milano, IT

The scene is dominated by a plum tree in bloom under which a couple of paradise birds is courting. The screen is crossed by a luxuriant creek, a typical feature of the springtime.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Folding Screen with a Spring Landscape, Kano School, 19th Century

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting depicts several generations of family, dressed in intricately-detailed and brilliantly...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Linen

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900

Japanese Four-Panel Screen "Rimpa Painting of Pheasant on Old Plum in Garden"

Located in Hudson, NY

With raised twig fence and poultry cages (used for chicken, pheasants, etc). Wood vine on the fence, and some seasonal flowers in bloom. Delicately painted with wonderful colors and ...

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Four-Panel Screen "Rimpa Painting of Pheasant on Old Plum in Garden"

Chinese Relief Carved Architectural Panel with Fruit and Flora, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

It’s difficult to pinpoint what makes this handcrafted panel so impressive: the artful relief carvings of seasonal fruit and lush, foliage-filled vases ...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Spruce

Chinese Relief Carved Architectural Panel with Fruit and Flora, c. 1850

Monumental and Massive Japanese Sakyamuni with Disciples Buddhist Painting

Located in Greenwich, CT

Monumental and massive Japanese Sakyamuni with disciples Buddhist painting. Very large massive Japanese Buddhist painting, painting on silk ...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Monumental and Massive Japanese Sakyamuni with Disciples Buddhist Painting

Chinese Botanical Large Watercolors on Paper, Set of Four

Located in Downingtown, PA

China Trade Botanical large watercolors on paper, Set of Four Early 19th Century. The larger than usual Chinese watercolors depict various butterflies and insects such as a drag...

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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Botanical Large Watercolors on Paper, Set of Four

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Moon Rising Over the Plains of Musashino

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Moon Rising Over the Plains of Musashino. A classic motif in Japanese art. Japanese artists were used to seeing vistas with mountains, valleys, and fores...

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Moon Rising Over the Plains of Musashino

Chinese Reverse Painted Glass and Hardwood Table Screen

Located in Austin, TX

An unusual table screen featuring a reverse glass painted portrait of a young noble lady set into a hardwood frame and stand. The beautiful maiden has a roun...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Hardwood

Chinese Reverse Painted Glass and Hardwood Table Screen

19th c Carved & Gilded Chinese Architectural Screen or Valance

Located in Milford, NH

19th century carved and gilded wooden Chinese architectural screen or valance depicting gilded irises, flowering peony branches and birds of paradise.

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Giltwood

19th c Carved & Gilded Chinese Architectural Screen or Valance

Framed Tibetan Thankga of Amitabha

Located in Atlanta, GA

An antique Tibetan Thankga depicting Amitabha and surrounding deities, circa late 19th century. The center Amitabha is in a meditation form holding a black beggar's bowl. In the Mahayana Tradition of Buddhism, Amitabha is a celestial Buddha: the Buddha of Infinite Light and the principal Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of East Asian Buddhism...

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Tibetan Tibetan Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Cotton, Silk, Wood, Paint

Framed Tibetan Thankga of Amitabha

Pair of Japanese Watercolors on Silk

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

One of families promenading beside a lake, the other showing ladies in the bath house, each within an English gilt faux-bamboo frame.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Pair of Japanese Watercolors on Silk

Antique Asian Screens, Set of Six, Full Size

Located in Somis, CA

These antique screens feature the classic ice crackle pattern. A symbol of self esteem and purity, the ice crackle motif was a favorite of the ancient scholars. The design is formed ...

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Antique Asian Screens, Set of Six, Full Size

Unusual Antique Chinese Divider with Calligraphy

Located in Yonkers, NY

A 19th century Chinese divider with calligraphy, hand-painted on wood. This rectangular divider stands on two feet and displays calligraphy on both sides of its central panel. The panel is made of a light colored varnished wood and showcases different black ink writing on each side. This Chinese 19th century hand painted wooden divider...

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Unusual Antique Chinese Divider with Calligraphy

Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood, Lacquer and Jade Six-Panel Screen

Located in Austin, TX

A very fine mid-Qing Dynasty Chinese hardwood and lacquer six-panel screen, Jailing Period, circa 1800. The hardwood frame inset with black lacquer panels. One side features an over...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Coral, Jade

Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood, Lacquer and Jade Six-Panel Screen

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums and Twig Fence With Gold Flakes

Located in Hudson, NY

Rimpa School painting in mineral pigments with gofun and gold flakes on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums and Twig Fence With Gold Flakes

Framed Hand-Carved Sandalwood Fan with Hand Painted Screen

Located in Asheville, NC

Fan is a colored etching of baroque scene of company of European folks taking tea with hookah pipes on a hand-carved sandalwood fan. Signed by maker. Ol...

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Chinese Baroque Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Framed Hand-Carved Sandalwood Fan with Hand Painted Screen

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Summer Flowers on Silk

Located in Hudson, NY

Rimpa painting of flowers including morning glories, hollyhocks, sweet peas, nadeshiko, and daisies. Signature and seal read: Bisui

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Summer Flowers on Silk

Chinese Watercolors of Exotic Fruit on Pith Paper

Located in Downingtown, PA

The Chine trade watercolors are of fine quality and depict various exotic fruits including pineapples, lychees, finger citrus and orange amongst others. Now framed with a thin gilt f...

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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Watercolors of Exotic Fruit on Pith Paper

19th Century Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field. Rimpa Style painting of a moon rising over summer flowers and grasses, including cockscomb and blue bellflowers. Pa...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field

Japanese Six Panel Screen, "Amorous Pheasants in Venerable Garden Pine"

Located in Hudson, NY

In a garden landscape with vibrant red camellias on a natural garden stone sculpture, mineral pigments and silver dust on mulberry paper.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Japanese Six Panel Screen, "Amorous Pheasants in Venerable Garden Pine"

Japanese Imperial Portrait Painting of Man in Green Robes

Located in New York, NY

An antique Meiji period imperial portrait painting on silk. The piece was shown at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It is one of a group of six diff...

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood

Japanese Imperial Portrait Painting of Man in Green Robes

Pair of Rare Antique Japanese Folding Screens with Provenance

Located in Atlanta, GA

An amazing pair of matching antique Japanese folding screen predating 1812-1813, most likely from Kano School. Six panels each depict C...

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Japanese Japonisme Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Pair of Rare Antique Japanese Folding Screens with Provenance

Six panel fan-motifs screen panel (Japan)

Located in Bronx, NY

Six panel fan-motifs screen panel (Japan)

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Six panel fan-motifs screen panel (Japan)

Fine Portrait of an Imperial Civil Official

Located in Greenwich, CT

Fine portrait of an imperial 4th rank civil official, elegant colors and refined detail, ink and color on silk, 19th century, conservation framed.

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Fine Portrait of an Imperial Civil Official

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Camellia and Plum Blossom over Garden Fence

Located in Hudson, NY

Artist signature reads: Tsunetoki hitsu Mineral pigments on gold leaf.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Camellia and Plum Blossom over Garden Fence

Chinese New Year Antique Wealth God Caishen Sculpture

Located in South Burlington, VT

Our 34 inch tall Chinese Caishen's name is often invoked during Chinese New Year celebrations! This is a large and unusual antique hand carved limestone Wealth God Caishen- coming from an old New England collection Hand Made and Hand Carved Measurements: 34 inches high and 15 inches wide, Period: late Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century. This god grasps a silver sycee (an ancient form of silver wealth). Provenance: Coming from an old New England collection and originally acquired from a Shanghai private collection decades ago. History of China's Wealth God Caishen: Caishen's name is often invoked during the Chinese New Year celebrations! Caishen (simplified Chinese: 财神; traditional Chinese: 財神; literally: "God of Wealth") is the Chinese god...

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Chinese Qing Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Limestone

Chinese New Year Antique Wealth God Caishen Sculpture

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Pine in Snow on Heavy Gold Leaf

Located in Hudson, NY

Maruyama Okyo School painting in mineral pigments on heavy gold leaf with a silk brocade border.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Pine in Snow on Heavy Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen "Wild Grasses and Peonies by Rivers Edge"

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Wild Grasses and Peonies by Rivers Edge. Early Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of a grassy knoll next to a running brook or river. A soft breeze is m...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen "Wild Grasses and Peonies by Rivers Edge"

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers

Located in Hudson, NY

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers, Edo period painting (c. 1850) of mandarin ducks and geese on a grassy sh...

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Japanese Edo Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers

4 Chinese Watercolors of Court and Buddhist Scenes

Located in New York, NY

4 Chinese large watercolor paintings of Court and Buddhist scenes in ebonized frames (19th cent). (PRICED EACH)

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood

4 Chinese Watercolors of Court and Buddhist Scenes

Pair of 19' century Chinese Reverse-Painted Mirror Pictures

Located in Rome, IT

A pair of Chinese reverse glass painting representing women and a child in a garden pavillion. Original "Chinese Chippendale" framing. China for expo...

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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

Pair of 19' century Chinese Reverse-Painted Mirror Pictures

Set of Six 19th Century Original Lacquered Finish Elmwood Door Panels

Located in Yonkers, NY

A set of six Chinese lacquered elmwood interior doors from the 19th century with original finish, perfect to be made into a screen. This set of six interior doors comes from China, w...

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm, Lacquer

Set of Six 19th Century Original Lacquered Finish Elmwood Door Panels

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Dancing Zodiac Animals at New Years Festival

Located in Hudson, NY

Animals of the Japanese zodiac dancing in colorful costumes celebrating the New Year.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper, Brocade

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Dancing Zodiac Animals at New Years Festival

Set of 8 Chinese Gouache Traditional Figure Paintings

Located in New York, NY

Set of 8 Asian Chinese (19th century) gouache paintings of traditionally clad figures framed in modern gilt faux bamboo frames.

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Set of 8 Chinese Gouache Traditional Figure Paintings

Antique School Sign with Great Motto

Located in New York, NY

A wonderful antique Chinese sign which displays a schools heartwarming motto: "The greatest happiness is to be kindhearted". The center area of ...

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Chinese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Pine

Antique School Sign with Great Motto

Japanese Imperial Portrait Painting of Woman in Black and Floral Robe

Located in New York, NY

An antique Meiji period imperial portrait painting on silk. The piece was shown at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It is one of a group of six diff...

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood

Japanese Imperial Portrait Painting of Woman in Black and Floral Robe

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Pheasants in Ancient Plum in Snowy Landscape

Located in Hudson, NY

Signature reads: Tsunenobu hitsu (after Kano Tsunenobu), Kano School painting in mineral pigments on paper with a silk brocade border.

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Pheasants in Ancient Plum in Snowy Landscape

Oxidized Silver Screen with Floral Pattern

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Discover an extraordinary and priceless fragment of Japanese history with this exquisite oxidized silver screen adorned with an impressive floral pattern. Over time, the original g...

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Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Oxidized Silver Screen with Floral Pattern

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Circa 1900 Japanese Pine Screen Pair. Aged Dragons by Suzuki Shonen.

Located in Kyoto, JP

Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918) Aged Dragons Meiji period (1868-1912). Circa 1900. A pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper. As with the pair of Shonen pine scr...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Circa 1900 Japanese Pine Screen Pair. Aged Dragons by Suzuki Shonen.

Antique Indian Miniature Painting of a Prized Horse, Circa 19th Century

Located in San Francisco, CA

A painting of a caparisoned horse in mineral pigments (gouache) saddled and in rein painted with gold highlights circa early 19th century from Rajast...

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Indian Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Acrylic

Antique Indian Miniature Painting of a Prized Horse, Circa 19th Century

Japanese Six Panel Screen: the Burning of Nanto Temple

Located in Hudson, NY

A scene from the 12th century Heike wars. Ruler Taira Shigehira ordered an attack on those who opposed his rule. During the battle, Nanto Temple, in Nara, was burned to the ground. T...

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Japanese Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Bronze

Japanese Six Panel Screen: the Burning of Nanto Temple

Antique Rectangular Canvas with Storks Embroidery and Oriental Landscape, 1800s

Located in MIlano, IT

Antique rectangular canvas with storks embroidery and oriental landscape, 1800s Rectangular frame with wooden and plaster frame. Embroidered and depicting storks in a landscape with...

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Asian Japonisme Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Canvas

Antique Rectangular Canvas with Storks Embroidery and Oriental Landscape, 1800s

Pair of Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screens of Seasonal Landscapes

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Fascinating pair of large Japanese Meiji period six-panel screens of seasonal landscapes with flowers and birds. The first screen depicts a pair of pheasants in a spring landscape with a white flowering cherry tree, peonies, and rose of Sharon with brush clover. The second screen depicts a pair of quail in an autumn landscape with flowering autumn plants and grasses including chrysanthemums, bellflowers, and ominaeshi. The umbrella pines appear to be in the manner of Kano Tanyu...

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Japanese Meiji Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screens of Seasonal Landscapes

Antique Chinese Export Mourning Reverse Painting on Glass

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Antique Chinese export mourning reverse painting on glass, depicting seated mother with weeping child, in period giltwood frame. Measures: 9.5" x 11.5" W 12.75" x 14.75" framed.

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