Antique Calligraphy

The entire surface is richly engraved in horizontal bands of ornament and Arabic calligraphy. Elegant thuluth script encircles the neck, shoulder and lower body, interspersed with fi...

The land becomes an almost continuous surface across which fences, furrows, paths and trees are drawn like calligraphic signs. This compression reflects the lessons Sérusier learned...

Tall framed and matted Chinese embroidered silk painting depicting birds and flowers and shrubbery. Signed with calligraphy inscription and red seal.

The reverse bears an inscription in calligraphy alongside a red seal mark. The base displays a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.

The chiselled strokes still catch the light, revealing the calligraphic precision and aesthetic sensitivity of the original artisan.

These bands are overlaid with stylized linear patterns and tribal-inspired motifs - such as rows of diamond forms and ornate, scrolling glyphs - rendered in a loose, almost calligrap...

Rather than following a rigid ornamental structure, the motif appears spontaneous and expressive, closer to a calligraphic or vegetal gesture than to formal decoration.

The front is decorated with loose cobalt blue brushstrokes painted directly onto the body in an expressive, almost calligraphic gesture. Rather than functioning as precise ornament, ...

The body is richly decorated with symmetrical motifs reminiscent of Arabic calligraphy. The foot, shaped with four stylized scrolls, is enhanced by intricate geometric and floral orn...

The composition demonstrates the rhythm and harmony characteristic of Mamluk Qur’anic calligraphy, in which visual balance was understood as a reflection of divine order.

A Chinese famille rose porcelain jar featuring traditional phoenix and peony decoration with calligraphic script to the reverse. The palette reflects classic Qing dynasty motifs, exe...

With elaborate silver inlay of organic designs, cartouches with calligraphy and heart shapes. This will make a wonderful wall decoration, stunning serving tray, or table top.

The lines carved around the body, and the natural brushstrokes added to them, exude a quiet presence, almost like calligraphy. Rooted in the pottery traditions of Shigaraki and Tanb...

The document combines several collecting categories, including American art history, Philadelphia history, architectural prints, nineteenth-century calligraphy, and institutional eph...

Its expressive, almost calligraphic brushwork reflects the immediacy of handmade 19th century pottery, where floral motifs were not painted with academic precision but with gesture, ...

Silver leaf is often used in traditional Japanese art and crafts, including painting, calligraphy, and the decoration of items like screens and ceramics, to add a luxurious and elega...

The minbar's elegant proportions, intricate geometric latticework, and subtle calligraphic detailing embody the sophisticated aesthetic developed under imperial patronage in Istanbul.

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It features a multi-color design with Chinese architectural and calligraphy on the lid. The box has some metal accent of Butterflies on each corner.

The sheet is distinguished by a lively and highly structured use of the pen: close oblique hatching, shadows built up through accumulations of ink, rocks rendered with broad parallel...

Late Victorian 15K polished gold betrothal ring engraved in a lovely calligraphy with the name 'Gunter' and dated 17/12 (17th day of December).

Another very interesting detail is the white sheet that emerges from the pages of the voluminous closed psalter, in which the Latin phrase is traced in beautiful seventeenth-century ...

This unusual example takes the form of an illuminator's inkwell, a specialised object associated with the preparation of manuscripts and the practice of calligraphy. The flower-like ...

Inside, the box features a fully equipped, perfectly preserved suite of calligraphy tools, highlighted by a beautiful pure silver water dropper.

Inside, the box houses a completely preserved suite of original scholar's tools, including the water dropper, inkstone, and calligraphy brushes, further emphasizing its premium quali...

Beyond the Shakespearean subject drawn from Hamlet, the red capital-letter signature carefully inscribed on a cartouche at the lower right precisely matches the calligraphy used thro...

It served not only as a practical tool for calligraphy but as a profound symbol of the owner's status and refined literary taste.

Structural analysis indicates the use of premium hand spun local wool with a characteristically supple pile and a resilient substantial handle tailored for refined aesthetic spaces f...

Original paper labels remain largely intact, with calligraphic script identifying ingredients including 白菊花, 生薏仁, 冬瓜子, 廣木香, and others — a rare survival that documents the cabinet's ...

Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) He was trained in the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired by frequenting Giovanni Stradano, with whom h...

Smaller panels incorporate kufic-inspired geometric compositions, while the upper sections contain stylized calligraphic motifs that reinforce the spiritual and ceremonial importance...

They were designed not only as practical tools for calligraphy but as profound status symbols that reflected the owner's wealth and cultivated artistic taste.

The elegant table has a square top of black-and-white marble, selected for its irregular pattern that recalls the feathery brushstrokes of ink calligraphy. The surrounding wood frame...

They were treasured not merely as practical tools for calligraphy, but as profound status symbols reflecting the owner's wealth and cultivated artistic taste.

This alternation between delicate contour and powerful calligraphic accent is one of the most engaging aspects of Lock’s early manner.

They were treasured not merely as practical tools for calligraphy, but as profound status symbols reflecting the owner's wealth and cultivated artistic taste.

They were treasured not merely as practical tools for calligraphy, but as profound status symbols reflecting the owner's cultivated aesthetic taste and social standing.

The upper door panels display flowing, symmetrical foliate motifs and delicate silver-toned floral vines, while the lower square panels feature elegantly executed calligraphic scroll...

The top and sides with arabesque and calligraphy inlay. This is a best quality example of this type of table, showing exquisite workmanship.

A defining feature of this masterpiece is the calligraphic cartouche located at the base of the field.

Pine forms and architectural elements are articulated with confident, calligraphic brushwork, while darker cobalt accents define cliffs and rock contours, creating depth and atmosphe...

Flecked with wine-red inclusions and swirling layers, the opaque mineral is known as "painting stone," traditionally used in scholars' rocks or screens for its unusual patterning res...

Each one is decorated in polychrome enamel with different ancient censers and ritual vessels filled with blooming peonies and flowering bonsai trees in the Famille Rose color palette...

The design is organized along a central vertical axis, where three stylized medallion-like rosettes are interspersed with smaller angular devices, abstract floral forms, and delicate...

The central panel is enclosed by an ivory field populated with scattered geometric and calligraphic devices, lending the composition a sense of openness and visual breathing space.

Scattered throughout the ground are small abstract devices, rosettes, and calligraphic forms that lend the piece a subtle, almost talismanic quality.

Surrounding the roundel is an open and spacious arrangement of symbolic and geometric motifs, including stylized implements, abstract forms, and calligraphic elements placed with car...

These elements—reminiscent of stylized tools, abstract devices, and calligraphic forms—lend the piece a distinctive and somewhat enigmatic character.

His work shifted to a series of monochrome drawings and calligraphic landscapes called Grafías (scriptures).

Each floral motif—rendered in both dark and pale blue—connects through sinuous, free-flowing stems that create an airy, almost calligraphic network across the surface. A narrow inner...

The composition is balanced by spacious negative areas, emphasizing each specimen’s form and movement. Calligraphy inscriptions and a red seal appear at the opening, adding scholarly...

A Lifesize Orientalist Sculpture Attributed to Louis Hottot Of spectacular scale, constructed from spelter and on a bronze-mounted veneered plinth, the striking orientalist figure o...

The surfaces of both vases are lavishly adorned with detailed motifs including foliage, arabesques, arabic calligraphy, and animal figures, showcasing the rich ornamental traditions ...

The composition is simple yet highly effective, placing the animal against a minimal landscape background to emphasize its powerful form and noble posture. The calligraphic titling a...

The manuscript features intricate floral motifs, vibrant colours, and elegant calligraphy on its pages, demonstrating the exceptional artistry of the era.

This method permitted both meticulous architectural description and animated, calligraphic movement. Drypoint, in which the artist scratches directly into the plate, produced softer,...

This method permitted both meticulous architectural description and animated, calligraphic movement. Drypoint, in which the artist scratches directly into the plate, produced softer,...

They are bold and eye-catching, not unlike strokes in calligraphy or veins in the dream stones (Dali Mable), both of which were associated with scholars.

Interior exceptionally clean and fresh with strong calligraphy and musical notation throughout. No apparent losses or missing leaves.

The composition is framed by multiple guard borders with angular, almost calligraphic tribal elements, giving the piece a strong graphic presence.