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Period: Early 20th Century
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowering Vines and Wisteria
Located in Hudson, NY
Wisteria represents sentiments of love and longevity as vibrant floral colors dance dramatically amongst the two panels. Mineral pigments on Mulberry paper with a natural wood trim....
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Silver Screen Pair, Meiji Period, Herons & Plovers, Shijo School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Heron & Plovers Ink and silver leaf on paper Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917) A pair of low six-panel Japanese screens by Maekawa Bunrei, a later master of the Kyoto based Shijo school of painting. On the right screen a solitary white heron stands motionless in a stream. On the left screen plovers play along a shoreline. The elegant forms are executed employing fluid, minimalistic ink brushstrokes. The soft brushstrokes and the sharp light of the silver leaf lend the scenes a sense of translucence. The sophisticated composition superbly exploits the long, horizontal pictorial surface of the pair of folding screens...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Chinese Antique Six-Panel Folding Screen with Stained Glass Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique six-panel folding screen from the early 20th century, with green, blue and yellow stained glass, geometric motifs and wooden panels. Created in China during the first half of the 20th century, this large folding screen features six panels each adorned with a careful arrangement of opaque octagonal motifs surrounded by colorful stained glass with scrolling or textured motifs. The lower section is made of delicately raised panels surrounded by recessed accents. Folding screens likely originate back to the Han Dynasty, circa 200 BC as evidence in tombs shows. The Chinese considered screens as objects of contemplation and a source of spiritual and creative inspiration. The screens were used to protect from drafts, to provide a sense of privacy or to simply partition a room. With its nice proportions and complimenting colors, this Chinese antique stained glass folding screen...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Stained Glass, Wood

Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Taoist Immortals, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood

Early 20th C Chinese Linhai Painted Panel in Green Tones
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Linhai wood panel with hand painted scene in green and fuchsia tones of a flowering tree with a bird. Painted black scrolled border and red edge. Decorative brass hanger at the top. Panel measures 38.5” high without brass hanging hardware.
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Lotus Leaves and Blossoms
Located in Hudson, NY
A lotus scene with flowers in bloom floating on the water's surface. As the lotus rise from below for an enlightening process that brings an abundance of purity and beauty. Mineral p...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Antique Japanese Brass Painting 'Romantic Serenade'
Located in Milano, IT
Ancient and very rare Japanese painting made in the early 1900s of fine Japanese manufacture. The painting has a rectangular brass frame, with rounded corners. Internally we see an a...
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Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Harbor Scene in a Modernist View
Located in Hudson, NY
Bountiful mountain overlooking a city, divided by an occupied river. The shapes and colors that make up this unique painting allow for an unconventional take on a modern harbor view....
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Brass

Japanese Meiji Period Painting Scroll Landscape Masuda Amison 1886 in Osaka
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Masuda Amison  (1886- ? ) Japanese painter. Commonly known as Wasaburo   Born in 1886 in Osaka.   He lives in Koroen, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture....
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Red Maple and Flowers on Gold Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa Floral Scene with Chrysanthemum, Morning Glories and Blue Bell Flowers. Pigment on gilded silk, signature and seal read: Hattori Shunyo. Bold colors and strong design elements combined with the trademark tarashikomi (diluted elements created when water is applied to the surface before or after pigments causing them to diffuse) exhibit the artists deep devotion to this important Japanese painting tradition. Notes about artist: Hattori Shunyo (b. 1883) was an artist from Kyoto who graduated the (now) Kyoto Municipal University of Art and fell under the circle of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Ancient Japanese Painting Framed in Brass 'Traditional Dance'
Located in Milano, IT
Ancient and very rare Japanese painting made in the early 1900s, fine Japanese manufacture. The painting has a rectangular brass frame, with rounded corners. Internally we see a further frame in yuta, classic sand colour, very nice. Yet another very small brass frame that frames the picture. The painting is a print painted on black cardboard, with whimsical and strong colors, typical of Japanese art. This represents a scene with a man and a woman, intent on dancing, arm in arm and spinning in a typical traditional Japanese dance...
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Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Antique Japanese Jute and Brass Painting 'First Date'
Located in Milano, IT
Ancient and very rare Japanese painting made in the early 1900s of fine Japanese manufacture. The painting has a rectangular brass frame, with rounded corners. Internally we see an a...
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Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Burmese Kalaga Tapestry
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautifully embroidered with glass beads, metallic wrapped thread, metal sequins and beads, this tapestry seems to come to life with its rows of dancing women and mythical creatures....
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Burmese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An early 20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. It has been framed with a ...
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Balinese Folk Art Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Cotton, Paint

Oil Painting on Board
Located in Perth, GB
Oil Painting on board signed A.Thom 26 frame measurements given.
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European Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Wading Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
In Japan, it is a Shinto belief that the deer is a treasured and sacred animal. This admirable scene captures this gentle creature in its natural habitat with beautiful detail in bot...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Lacquer

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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Japanese Meiji Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933) Japanese Framed Painting Pair, Carp and Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Two framed panels by Yamamoto Shunkyo depicting a carp (koi) leaping from a river. Ink and gold leaf on paper. Instinctively brushed in a freehand s...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan. Silk embroidered satin lacquer framed panels....
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Japanese Meiji Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Lacquer

GA Kadir, Indonesian Village view, Oil on Canvas.Signed.First half 20 th C
Located in Leuven , BE
Original oil painting by the Indonesian impressionist painter G.A. Kadir: educated as a painter by the Danish van Russel (1898 - 1975) and active in the first half of the 20th centur...
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Indonesian Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Canvas

Set of Five Antique Chinese Watercolors on Silk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing set of five Chinese watercolor paintings on silk depicting men occupied in their trades, executed in a soft delicate technique and presented under glass in four wood frame...
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Superb and Architectural Chinese Carved Wood and Glass Four-Panel Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Provenance: Christie’s. The panels with carved figural vignettes- floral vines at the top, the bottom with small ones with figures at various tasks in landscapes with houses, the lar...
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Asian Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Peonies and Young Growth on Gold Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa floral scene. Pigment on gilded silk, signature and seal read: Hattori Shunyo. Bold colors and strong design elements combined with the trademark tarashikomi (diluted elements created when water is applied to the surface before or after pigments causing them to diffuse) exhibit the artists deep devotion to this important Japanese painting tradition. Notes about artist: Hattori Shunyo (b. 1883) was an artist from Kyoto who graduated the (now) Kyoto Municipal University of Art and fell under the circle of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A vibrantly colored Tibetan Thangka of a multi armed Deity, Tibet Circa 1900, framed in a gold tone frame under glass, Measures: 28 inches tall, 30.75 inches wide.
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Tibetan Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric

Japanese Two Panel Screen: White Tiger Grotto
Located in Hudson, NY
A mysterious passageway with natural rocky detail as the scene drifts deep into the darkness. Dyed fabric mounted with a natural wood trim. Signed on back and lower right corner. Sig...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Wood

Pair of Signed Antique Chinese Watercolour Silk Paintings of Geisha Girl Flowers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of antique circa 1920’s Chinese Export hand painted on silk paintings depicting a Geisha girl and a floral scene with butterfly. A very good looking and beautifully painted pair, they were made for the export market during the British colonialism...
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Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Screen of Spring on Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
It is a two-panel screen from the Taisho period, around 1920, beautifully painted in excellent detail. The best of Rinpa's school painting: large empty space that highlights a pair of mandarin ducks in the middle of the pond. On the right, flying birds give the painting a great lightness, under many multicolored flowers they celebrate spring. All very proportionate and pleasant, the dimension really interesting. Mineral pigments on gold leaf. It turns out Anonymous. Lucio Morini.
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Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Mountains in the Mist with Tree-Lined Foothills
Located in Hudson, NY
Verdant landscape of mountains and rolling foothills shrouded in mist. Mineral pigments on silk with gold dust. Raw silk backing.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Autumn Flowers and Moon on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sun over Cresting Waves with Golden Clouds
Located in Hudson, NY
Sun rising over cresting waves through tropical trees. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold dust and brocade.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Chinese Silk Embroidered Screen or Room Divider Believed to Be Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
What a magnificent one-of-a-kind Valentine's Day gift this would be! Wow!! Four panel Chinese silk embroidered screen or room divider believed to be created during the late Qing Dynasty. Four ivory silk embroidered panels housed in a wooden frame form the screen or room divider. The 100 bird...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Leather, Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Thread, Natural Fiber, G...

George Charles Haité Modern Orientalist Picture
Located in Roma, IT
Important watercolor painting of Orientalist subject representing market scene in Tangier by the great English artist George Charles Haité Signed lower left and inscribed on the back...
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British Modern Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Peace & Prosperity
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Dahlias and Roosters, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Tanaka Tessen (b.1890) Dahlias and Roosters Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting. Mineral pigments and ink on silk. Dimensions (framed): H. 159 cm x W. 97 cm x D. 2.5 cm (62.5” x 38” x 1”) An ornate and complex composition in which the artist explores almost the entire painting surface. The coloration is bold and evocative and the tinted silk ground recreates the warm golden glow of sunset. Soft, luminous brushwork details the black feathers of the roosters, which seem to cloud and blur in counterpoint to the sharper points of the eyes and beaks. Their brilliant red combs balance the composition, echoing the rich burgundy hues of the dahlias; the flowers exquisite and lifelike. Dahlias were an exotic subject favored by painters of the Taisho era. The painting belongs to the school of Kyoto Nihonga, exemplifying the principles of decorative elegance and consumate brush technique with which it was intimately associated. Painters of the time relied on the Shijo school method, basing the forms of the composition from life sketches. Sometimes they were then integrated with elements derived from Chinese bird and flower...
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Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930 Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...
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Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Pair of Collectable Antique Persian Hand Painted Oriental Scenes on Silk Framed
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of circa 1880-1900 Persian hand painted silk wall hangings depicting oriental scenes. A very...
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French French Provincial Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paint

Japanese Four Panel Screen, Snowy Mountain Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Hinoki (Japanese red pine) and other deciduous trees in mineral pigments on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Yosui.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sheep Resting under Grape Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Soft mineral pigments on silk with brocade border. Signature and seal read: Jyogyu
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Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs
Located in London, GB
A Rare four-fold screen The panels by Maud Earl The screen of rounded rectilinear form and constructed from mahogany, with two pierced broken swan-neck pediments atop, with carved f...
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European Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Mahogany

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up white areas. Lacquer on wood. Writing reads: Lacquer Screen By Izumi Atsuhiko. It was ...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Shell, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem
Located in Hudson, NY
Moon and bamboo in ink on gold paper with red and black lacquered negoro frame. (Meiji period) Calligraphy reads: Beauty in ink painting with standing woods and branches, like in par...
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Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

"Unai No Tomo" Early 20th C. Japanese Illustrated Toy Books, Volumes #2, #3, #4
Located in Norton, MA
Early 20th century Japanese illustrated toy books. "Unai No Tomo". Ca. 1911. 3 volumes from the larger set. Each volume includes numerous color woodblock illustrations of various toy...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Eight-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two part eight-panel wooden screen from the early 20th century, with low-relief carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features a brown lacquered ground accented with dark red highlights, and adorned with low-relief-carved motifs in its upper section, depicting scrolling cartouches with central rosettes. Each panel showcases a vertical organization of gilded calligraphy in the center, followed by an horizontal section with scrollwork surrounding a central medallion. The lower part is adorned with additional motifs carved in low relief, depicting either vases, birds and flowers, fishes or monkeys. The ensemble is completed by meanders creating a perfect visual punctuation. The screen is currently made of two parts with four panels each. Boasting a nicely distressed patina, this early 20th century Chinese eight-panel carved wooden...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Modern Signed Oriental Watercolor Woman with Child
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Modern signed oriental watercolor Woman and Child with a fish Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certifica...
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Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Set of Four Japanese Silk Hanging Scrolls Screens C.1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning set of four Japanese silk mounted vertical hanging scrolls. Dating from C.1920 Taisho Period. The watercolour and ink on silk depicts a larg...
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Japanese Japonisme Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Early 20th C Chinese Linhai Painted Panel
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Chinese wood panel from the Linhai region features a hand painted scene of birds in a flowering tree. Brass hanger at the top. Unknown ar...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Two-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-panel screen from the early 20th century, with carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features ...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Willow and Sparrows, circa 1920 Taisho era
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous Summer willow and sparrows Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting. Mineral pigments, mica, gold, ink and gofun on silk Dimensions (framed): H. 98 cm x W. 135 cm x D...
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Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Silk

Chinese Folding Screen Mounted with Cloisonné Enamel Panels
Located in London, GB
Chinese folding screen mounted with cloisonné enamel panels Chinese, early 20th Century Opened: Height 185cm, width 264cm, depth 3cm Closed: Hei...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Enamel

Japanese Ink and Wash Scroll Painting by Watanabe Seitei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Watanabe Seitei, also known as Watanabe Shotei (1851–1918), was born in late Edo period. He was one of the earliest Japanese artists who visited and be...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Chrysanthemum Pavilion
Located in Hudson, NY
with applied gold and silver roof, light color and pigment on paper with gold flake and red frame.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Rare Triptych Scroll Paintings by Watanabe Seitei Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of three paintings of ink and watercolor on silk mounted within brocade borders as scrolls by Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918). This is a very rare an...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Framed Korean Folk Shamanistic Painting of Seven Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk painting watercolor on linen (silk) with a cloth mat and walnut wood frame. The work is in the shamanistic style and depicts the Tao...
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Korean Folk Art Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Textile

Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting of a Royalty Related Couple with Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the early 20th century of a royalty related couple with dragon motifs painted on a linen canvas. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty in the early years of the 20th century, this custom framed painting depicts a couple wearing either a red (a symbol of luck in China) or green robe. The depiction of dragons relates them to the Imperial family, but having four claws and not five as codified, the couple is likely part of the royal family, not the Imperial couple themselves. Accented with typical motifs such as bats, flaming pearls and rain-filled clouds, the robes are filled with symbols. Wearing ornate headdresses, the couple is sitting on elegant chairs. Set inside custom made frames, the paintings show great signs of age. While the entire piece measures 40.5"W x 1"D x 53"H, the painting itself is 36.5"W x 49". With its vivid colors and interesting subject, this Chinese Qing Dynasty painting...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Plexiglass

Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" 'Shop Sign', Late Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" (Shop Sign) with mirror, Meiji Period. The Medicine being advertised is a soothing cream used to relieve itchin...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Modern Abstract Ink Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
On mulberry paper with silk brocade. From the estate of Andrea Bollt. Artist's seal reads: Mitsushito (died 1922).
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Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

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