Gold Leaf Paintings

Material: Gold Leaf

Hunters and Mouflons Near a Waterfall

By Gaston Suisse

Located in Paris, FR

Pencil, charcoal and oil pastel on a gold leaf background Signed lower right.

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1930s European Art Deco Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Hunters and Mouflons Near a Waterfall

Antique Greek Orthodox Icon "The Annunciation of Mary" Egg Tempera Gilt 1750

Located in Portland, OR

A fine antique 18th Century Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera & gold leaf on wood panel, circa 1750. The icon depicts the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, to the left is the Angel Gab...

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1750s Greek Revival Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Antique Greek Orthodox Icon "The Annunciation of Mary" Egg Tempera Gilt 1750

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Garden Landscape by River's Edge

Located in Hudson, NY

Kano School painting showing ancient pine, exotic birds, peonies, azalea and cherry tree in bloom on far right. Early Edo period painting, (1614 -...

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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Garden Landscape by River's Edge

Pair of Japanese Edo Rimpa School Screens after Tawaraya Sotatsu

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Impressive pair of 17th century Japanese Edo period Rinpa school screens made in the manner and style of Autumn Grasses by Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640). Beautifully decorated with wi...

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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Edo Rimpa School Screens after Tawaraya Sotatsu

Chinoiserie Palm Oval Paintings

Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset

A pair of carved giltwood Chippendale crossed palm frames, with inset hand-painted chinoiserie portraits of 18th century oriental nobility. We a...

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21st Century and Contemporary English Chippendale Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Chinoiserie Palm Oval Paintings

Antique Oil Painting - Pack of Hunting Dogs - Signed Marie Didière Calvès

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

A beautiful oil painting, depicting a pack of hunting dogs in the field, made by the French artist Marie-Didière Calves. The style is somewhat impressionistic. Seen up close, a bit ...

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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Antique Oil Painting - Pack of Hunting Dogs - Signed Marie Didière Calvès

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Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Red Plum Blossom and Birds

Located in 10 Chater Road, HK

The red plum blossom and birds 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 joi...

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2010s Chinese Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Red Plum Blossom and Birds

Single French 1950’s abstract acrylic panel

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Single french 1950's abstract acrylic panel. Screen is made from browns, oranges, yellows and greens with gold leaf in places. It has been photographed with front light, front light...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Single French 1950’s abstract acrylic panel

Prague painting, Old Town Square, gold leaf. 1970-1980

Located in Manzano, IT

Prague painting, Old Town Square, gold leaf. 1970-1980 COLOR White, brown, gray, orange MATERIALS Glass, wood, g...

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1970s Italian Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Prague painting, Old Town Square, gold leaf. 1970-1980

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Haboku Landscapes of Seasons

Located in Rio Vista, CA

19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel screen painted in Haboku (splashed ink) style. Depicts Four Seasons landscape scenes with two portraits of Chinese sages. One sage is trave...

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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Haboku Landscapes of Seasons

Late 19th Century Oil Painting Young Boy with a Goat by Frédéric Viret

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

A fine oil painting depicting a boy feeding a goat with berries. it's painted on a wooden panel. Signed right under: Frédéric Viret. In an elegant gold leaf frame. The paint and the ...

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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Late 19th Century Oil Painting Young Boy with a Goat by Frédéric Viret

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Pair of large French 1950’s acrylic abstract panels gold leaf

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Pair of large french 1950’s acrylic and resin abstract panels gold leaf circa 1950. Screens are made from browns, oranges, yellows and greens with gold leaf in places. They have be...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Pair of large French 1950’s acrylic abstract panels gold leaf

Italian 19C Big Architectural Hand-coloured Print with Black and Gold Frame

Located in Scandicci, Florence

Rare extra-large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolour of capital from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the middle of 19th Century. Black ma...

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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Italian 19C Big Architectural Hand-coloured Print with Black and Gold Frame

Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Venice in a 18th Century gilded Frame, 1904

Located in Berlin, DE

Fantastic Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Venice showing the Marcus Place from the Water. It was probably painted around 1904. The Painting is framed in a 18th Century gilded Frame...

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Early 1900s Italian Victorian Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Early 20th Century Oil Painting of Venice in a 18th Century gilded Frame, 1904

Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans

Located in Hudson, NY

Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigmen...

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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans

Mughal Style Miniature Court Scene Painting - Framed - India - 20th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

Mughal style miniature painting - gouache on paper with silver highlights - hand painted - depicting a court scene with the Mughal Emperor Jahangir weighing his son, Prince Khurram, as part of his 15th birthday celebration, his weight measured in gold, this sum then dispersed to those in need, with prominently featured jeweled courtiers, all set against a grand display of royal wealth featuring daggers...

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20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Mughal Style Miniature Court Scene Painting - Framed - India - 20th Century

' Cake ' by artist Murray Duncan, mix media on board, glided vintage frame

By Morgan Clayhall

Located in Toronto, CA

' Cake ' by artist Murray Duncan Mix media on board - paint, oil stick and pencil Size of artwork is 20" x 30" Size of framed artwork - 31" x 41" x 4" The artwork is framed in a ant...

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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

' Cake ' by artist Murray Duncan, mix media on board, glided vintage frame

Italian Painting by Danilo Picchiotti

Located in Austin, TX

Mixed media Painting on plywood by Danilo Picchiotti. Black and white abstract forms are accented by cobalt blue, yellow, and red detail. It is framed with the original gold-leafed f...

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1980s Italian Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Italian Painting by Danilo Picchiotti

Framed Signed Italian Luigi Civechia Painting of Trevi Fountan

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

Dimensions Framed: H: 12 1/4in W: 13 1/2in D: 1in This framed Luigi Civechia painting of Trevini Fountain is perfect for you and your home! The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana d...

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20th Century Italian Neoclassical Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Framed Signed Italian Luigi Civechia Painting of Trevi Fountan

Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Cranes by the River

Located in 10 Chater Road, HK

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...

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2010s Chinese Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Cranes by the River

Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Painted on Gold Leaf

By Japanese Studio

Located in Brescia, IT

Paravento a sei pannelli di scuola giapponese Kano: paesaggio con bellissime ed eleganti gru vicino al fiume, con alberi di pino e sakura. Dipinto a mano con pigmenti minerali ed inc...

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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Folding Screen Six Panels Painted on Gold Leaf

Old Master Floral Still Life Painting

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a classic Italian late 17th century floral still life. Although the painting is not signed, it has all of the hallmarks of being created by a master painter. The painting and...

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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Old Master Floral Still Life Painting

Pair Of Pastels - XIXth - Gold Leaf Frame

Located in CRÉTEIL, FR

Elegant pair of old pastels representing a couple. Sir an officer under the Second Empire, is proudly represented in ceremonial attire, Lady as for her chosen to shine just as much a...

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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Pair Of Pastels - XIXth - Gold Leaf Frame

Stellar Frederick Harer Gold Gilt Wood Frame Circa 1920-1930’s

By Frederick Harer

Located in Bernville, PA

Stellar Frederick Harer Gold Gilt Wood Frame Circa 1920-1930’s. A Beautiful carved and signed gold glit wood frame. Dimensions outside 26 inches wide by 28 inches high and 2 inches d...

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Early 20th Century North American Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Stellar Frederick Harer Gold Gilt Wood Frame Circa 1920-1930’s

(4) Chinese Export Oil on Canvas Exterior Scenes C. 1840 National Gallery Prov.

Located in Atlanta, GA

Chinese Export, mid 19th century. An exceptional and original 4 piece set of Chinese Export oil paintings on canvas depicting exterior ga...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

(4) Chinese Export Oil on Canvas Exterior Scenes C. 1840 National Gallery Prov.

Oil on Board, "Yacht Race Off the Coast of France", Circa:1860

Located in Alexandria, VA

This eye-catching marine painting depicts a sailboat in a stormy sea, probably during a race off the coast of Brittany or Normandy. The dark, menacing sky is beautifully painted as i...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Oil on Board, "Yacht Race Off the Coast of France", Circa:1860

Arlequin by Jose Maria de Servin

By Jose Maria de Servin

Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon

Jose Maria de Servin was taken from his birthplace in Michigan to Guadalajara Mexico by his family when he was two months of age. He was a distinguished member of the group “Young ...

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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Arlequin by Jose Maria de Servin

19th Century Oil Painting of Dance of the Nymphs

Located in Austin, TX

This 19th-century oil canvas; from Maison Blanchet; known for top-notch art supplies; is stamped with a 1890 mark. Blanchet; situated at rue Saint-Benoît 20; was an artist's haven offering premium colors; high-quality canvases; easels; and brushes. The painting showcases nymphs dancing...

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Early 1900s French Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

19th Century Oil Painting of Dance of the Nymphs

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold

Located in Kyoto, JP

Imao Keisho (1902-1993) Pine Trees Early 20th Century, Circa 1930 Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf. Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm) A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold

F. Wagner Framed Classical Floral Still Life Roses Painting Oil on Canvas, 1972

Located in Miami, FL

Large Fine Art Oil Painting by F. Wagner dated 1/72 Gilt Wood Frame with Acanthus Scroll decoration. Title is yellow Roses in vintage Vase, a classic Floral Still Life Painting in t...

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1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

F. Wagner Framed Classical Floral Still Life Roses Painting Oil on Canvas, 1972

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums

Located in Hudson, NY

Beautiful white chrysanthemums are emphasized by heavy gold on a soft floral landscape, while gold clouds create a striking and dream-like floral scene. Gold leaf and gofun with min...

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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums

Leopards Art Work Painting on Wood

Located in Antwerp, BE

Large art work painting with two leopards or panters on wood. Leopard wall decoration with a beautiful thick black with gold frame. The two l...

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Late 20th Century European Brutalist Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Leopards Art Work Painting on Wood

Minton, A. D. Holland, Hand Painted China Cabinet Plate, U.K, circa 1950's

By Minton

Located in Chatham, ON

MINTON - Arthur Dale Holland (Artist/Painter, 1896-1979) - Fine and rare vintage bone china cabinet plate - hand painted - featuring a display of fr...

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Mid-20th Century British Romantic Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Minton, A. D. Holland, Hand Painted China Cabinet Plate, U.K, circa 1950's

Miniature Pair of American Impressionist Framed Landscape Paintings, Circa 1900

Located in Chatham, ON

California Eucalyptus school pair of miniature framed Impressionist landscape paintings - painted in watercolor and gouache on paper (applied to boar...

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Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Miniature Pair of American Impressionist Framed Landscape Paintings, Circa 1900

Expressionist Cityscape Mixed Media Painting

Located in New York, NY

Expressionist mixed media painting with gold leaf, depicting abstracted polychrome buildings, apparently unsigned, in the manner of Morton Wayne Thiebaud (American, 1920-2021), house...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Expressionist Cityscape Mixed Media Painting

Set of 4 Handpainted Panels “Telemachus” by Dessin Fournir

By Dessin Fournir

Located in Plainville, KS

Set of 4 original, hand-painted panels marketed by Dessin Fournir and produced by Fromental in London England for the Dessin Fournir Collection. T...

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Mid-18th Century English Other Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Set of 4 Handpainted Panels “Telemachus” by Dessin Fournir

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

Located in thousand oaks, CA

Original one-of-one hand created & signed art piece by Tammy Price. Premium solid wood glass encased frame in matte black with gold tone detailing. Multi shades predominantly of eart...

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2010s Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

English John James Wilson Original Maritime Oil Painting Signed and Dated 1870

By John James Wilson

Located in Wells, ME

English signed and dated original maritime oil painting on canvas "The Working Harbor". This scene of a working harbor, probably in Kent, is signed and dated: JOHN WILSON (18)70. ...

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1870s English Victorian Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

English John James Wilson Original Maritime Oil Painting Signed and Dated 1870

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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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen of Spring on Gold Leaf

Vintage James Owen Mahoney Verre Eglomise Painting

By James Owen Mahoney

Located in west palm beach, FL

Phenomenal unique painting. Painted in Rome at the American Academy circa 1933, by James Owen Mahoney (1907-1987), Fruits of Harvest is executed on the reverse side of glass in a te...

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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Vintage James Owen Mahoney Verre Eglomise Painting

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

Located in thousand oaks, CA

FI Gallery original one-of-one hand created & signed art piece by Tammy Price. Premium solid wood glass encased frame in matte black with gold tone accent. Multi shades predominantly...

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2010s Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

Located in thousand oaks, CA

FI Gallery original one-of-one hand created & signed art piece by Tammy Price. Premium solid wood glass encased frame in matte black with gold tone detailing. Multi shades predominan...

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2010s Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

Located in thousand oaks, CA

FI Gallery original one-of-one hand created & signed art piece by Tammy Price. Premium solid wood glass encased frame in matte black with gold accent. Multi shades predominantly of e...

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2010s Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

FI Gallery Original Art Painting

Late 19th Century Round Oil Painting Fruit Still Life with Gold Leaf Frame

Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant

Beautiful antique painting, a fruit still life against a dark blue background. The painting is painted on canvas, the canvas is pasted on wo...

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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Late 19th Century Round Oil Painting Fruit Still Life with Gold Leaf Frame

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Tibetan Thangka of Celebration Hand Painted Gilded

Located in Somis, CA

An exquisite hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting 63 Buddhas with consorts and 5 protector Vajrabhairavas. Buddha seated dhyana asana on lotus throne at the center of the mandala i...

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2010s Nepalese Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Tibetan Thangka of Celebration Hand Painted Gilded

18th Century Painting of Cherub/Putti

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a charming painting of a cherub with an arm extending forward, perhaps hold out a bouquet of flowers. The painting dates to the mid-18th century and is probably cut from a la...

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Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Painting of Cherub/Putti

Tibetan Thangka of Amitabha Buddha Hand Painted Gilded

Located in Somis, CA

One of our finest hand painted Tibetan Thangkas from Nepal. This extraordinary Thangka depicts 108 Buddhas with consorts in celestial court witnessing Amitabha's achievement of nirva...

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2010s Nepalese Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Tibetan Thangka of Amitabha Buddha Hand Painted Gilded

19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'

Located in Amsterdam, NL

A highly unusual carved painted, gilt and gem-set tortoise carapace resembling the mythical Cosmic or World-bearing Turtle Probably Germany, late 19...

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Late 19th Century Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Multi-gemstone, Gold Leaf

19th-century Carved, Painted and Gilt tortoise shell, 'the Cosmic Turtle'

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Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums

Located in Kyoto, JP

Omori Soun (b. 1704) Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper. Dating ...

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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums

E. M. Miller, Framed Thatched Cottage W/C Painting, U. K., Early 20th Century

Located in Chatham, ON

E. M. MILLER - "Untitled" - Antique Impressionist fine art watercolor painting on paper - featuring a thatched roof cottage with an elaborate flowe...

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Early 20th Century British Romantic Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

E. M. Miller, Framed Thatched Cottage W/C Painting, U. K., Early 20th Century

Regency Carved Gilt Framed Spanish Girl and Gray Cat Painting Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Miami, FL

Hand carved Gold Leaf framed signed Vintage Regency Figurative Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Spanish Girl with Black Hair wearing a Summer Hat, black Eyes, holding her gray Cat...

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Late 20th Century Spanish Regency Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Regency Carved Gilt Framed Spanish Girl and Gray Cat Painting Acrylic on Canvas

Vintage Bjorn Wiindblad Decorative Plate 1001 Nights Lute Player Plate

By Bjørn Wiinblad, Jonathan Adler, Rosenthal

Located in San Diego, CA

Beautiful collectible plate from the famous Danish artist Bjorn Wiinblad (Bjørn Wiinblad). The plate was designed for Rosenthal, Germany and is deco...

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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Vintage Bjorn Wiindblad Decorative Plate 1001 Nights Lute Player Plate

1960 Andre Daude Big Eyed French Girl Painting Oil Canvas Black Frame Green Coat

By Andre Daude

Located in Miami, FL

Framed signed Daude Vintage Mid-Century Oil Painting Cityscape French Girl with Black Hair Brown Eyes Green Coat. Circa 1960’s oil painting on canvas depicting a young girl with jet...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

1960 Andre Daude Big Eyed French Girl Painting Oil Canvas Black Frame Green Coat

Surrealist Painting By Charles Oscar American Circa 1956

By Charles Oscar

Located in Hudson, NY

A rare piece to be found. Due to his early demise the number of works available by this artist are limited. His work can be found in every major collection in the United States. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, Museum of Modern Art Curator and rising Futurist Artist who was murdered in his New York apartment in 1961 when he was only 38 years old. Titled "Hypnerotomachia", the name means 'the act of falling in love in a dream'. This amazing and rare piece was created just one year after his success with exhibiting at the Venice Biennale of 1956. Semi-abstract composition and very dream like. This painting retains the original carved and gilded Hydenryk frame and has been professionally cleaned and conserved. His work can be found in every major collection in the United States. Charles Oscar...

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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Surrealist Painting By Charles Oscar American Circa 1956

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Pheasants Beneath Flowering Cherry

Located in Hudson, NY

Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Signature and seal read: Baikei Hitsu.

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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Pheasants Beneath Flowering Cherry

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold

Located in Hudson, NY

Early Kano School painting of pine trees overlooking two beautifully painted cranes and floral design in a natural setting by water’s edge. Mineral pig...

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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Gold Leaf Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold

Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki

Located in Kyoto, JP

Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino. Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...

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