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Style: Qing
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Late 19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations imagined the sensual delights of courtly life. Taken from an album of erotic paintings, this framed leaf departs from a tradition of depicting lovers in risqué outdoor settings by picturing an amorous coupling in a distinctly Qing-dynasty interior. The uniquely detailed surroundings shed light on the prevailing aesthetic tastes in decor and furniture of 19th-century China. Note the carved wooden headrest, blue and white censer...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Ancestral Portrait of Enthroned Noblewoman
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Ancestral Portrait of Enthroned Noblewoman, Gouache on Linen Mounted on Paper, circa 1900, depicting crowned and dressed female ancestor in ...
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Early 1900s Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Linen, Gouache

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Lunar New Year Painted Scroll
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar new year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered 19th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lacquer, Paper, Pigment

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Folk Drawing of Mythical Qilin, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully detailed and masterfully painted, this painting dating from the turn of the 20th century centers its expressive composition upon a rondel of Chinese symbols. Representing...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Cotton, Wood, Ink

"Love and Lotus Boys, " Ink on Linen Panels, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawn with a fine line and fresh, sketched quality, this folk hanging unites two scenes of lucky hoho lotus boys circumscribed in frames punctuated with fruits such as pomegranate, symbolic of prosperity and good fortune. On top, the two explore the natural wonders of the world...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Fabric, Linen, Wood, Ink

Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. This 19th-century painting is delicately brushed of gouache and ink on fabric and was originally part of a set of eight backing a wooden screen in northern China. The figure depicted is one of the mythical Eight Immortals of Taoism. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, each of the Eight Immortals represents a different condition in life and together they impart a blessing of prosperity and longevity. Depicted here is immortal Lan Caihe, the patron saint of florists and gardeners. Standing atop a lotus leaf in open water, they hold a gardening hoe in one hand and a basket for flowers...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Fabric, Ink, Pigment

"Literary Garden, " Chinese Scroll Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an early 20th century reproduction of a famous...
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Early 20th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Silk, Paper, Ink

"Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, " Ink on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
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19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

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Find a wide variety of authentic Qing figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Frequently made by artists working with Ink, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Qing figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 11.75 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,188 and tops out at $6,880, while the average work sells for $1,480.

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