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Paintings Collection of Chinese Figures ca. 1860.

1860

Oil painting on canvas. Mid 19th century. The large scene tells an unidentified historical episode, set in the Renaissance period, in which an archbishop listens to the plea of a you...

Drawing on paper done in India ink, white lead and gouache; depicting the frescoed vault of the Gallery of the Eagles in the Domus Aurea. The perimeter band is occupied by reserves i...

Oil painting on canvas. French school of the seventeenth century. The scene, set at night in the garden of a villa, of which you can glimpse the ornate facade on the right and in which the fountain gushing with cherubs stands out, under a dark sky and further obscured by heavy clouds, proposes two figures who entertain each other in conversation : an elderly modestly dressed is sternly admonishing a seated young man, richly dressed, who seems instead to make the gesture of mea culpa with his hand. The physiognomy and the gestures of the two characters, together with the style of the clothes, would refer to the philosopher Aristotle who was called to the court of Macedon to be the tutor...

Oil on Canvas. Northern European school of the 18th century. Near a small aggregation of buildings, along the dirt road, a scene of folk life takes place, animated by several figure...

Antique set of six Chinese paintings depicting weaving Chinese, 19th Century Panel: Height 32cm, width 21cm Frame: Height 47.5cm, width 36cm, depth 1.5cm This set of Chinese pith ...

Ten Framed 19th Century Chinese Pith Paintings of Courtly Entertainment Chinese, 19th Century Height 29cm, width 41cm, depth 2cm This striking suite of ten Chinese watercolours is p...

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 early 20th 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...

Stampe augurale cinese edizione d'arte Menarini Firenze 1982. Legate alle usanze popolari cinesi e alla vita quotidiana, le stampe sono ornamenti popolari per le decorazioni del Capo...