Antique Calligraphy

Born in Kyoto, he practiced painting under Mori Kansai (1814-1894) and calligraphy under Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924). Kaho was inspired by the painting style of the renowned artist Ma...

This top is leading our eye to discover a colorful décor on two sides, alternating with calligraphy on the two others. Two birds, possibly from the pheasant family judging by their l...

The artwork captures the refined elegance and spiritual depth characteristic of the period, with fluid brushwork and delicate detailing. Chinese calligraphy is inscribed along one si...

Rendered in a soft brown ground, the design features a scattered array of whimsical, calligraphic motifs in black, and green—evoking the spontaneity of mid-century art and the elegan...

Made around 1894 (Meiji 27), written on the lid with brush calligraphy in matching larger box which is in my listing.

Material: Porcelain, underglaze blue decoration Design: Decorated in rich cobalt blue with floral scrolls and blossoms, interspersed with poetic Chinese calligraphy in elegant verti...

Both feature flowing Nasta'liq calligraphy, marginal glosses, and are signed by the same author/copyist.

China, circa 1890 A pair of late nineteenth century black and gold tea canisters, with calligraphic cartouches to the fronts, one marked 10 and the other 11.

The field is a deep midnight black "infinite void," serving as a dramatic canvas for a lush, all-over pattern of flowering cherry blossom branches. Emerging like calligraphic brushst...

Common motifs included floral patterns, geometric shapes, and calligraphic scripts, often combined to create complex and layered designs.

Common motifs included floral patterns, geometric shapes, and calligraphic scripts, often combined to create complex and layered designs.

Common motifs included floral patterns, geometric shapes, and calligraphic scripts, often combined to create complex and layered designs.

Architectural details—including screens, calligraphic panels, and glimpses of exterior garden landscapes—convey European interpretations of Chinese interior aesthetics.

Their bodies are scaled and horned, with expressive eyes and outstretched claws, yet rendered in a refined, almost calligraphic manner rather than aggressive realism. Unlike imperial...

Antique 19th century Persian Qajar blue tile with Islamic calligraphy writing. Antique 19th century Islamic Art with Koranic calligraphy Arabic script.

The deep midnight field creates an infinite void against which golden-brown bamboo clusters emerge like calligraphic brushstrokes suspended in space, each element positioned with pai...

Across the deep indigo field, stylized blossoms and budding branches float with an almost calligraphic grace. Each iconic motif draws from Chinese artistic tradition: plum blossoms s...

Artwork sold with frame (45 x 54 x 5 cm) Ami Elisée Privat (1831–1885) was a Swiss artist born in Geneva, known for his landscape paintings, watercolors, lithographs, and calligraph...

Large Mamluk copper basin finely etched and inlaid with Arabic Calligraphy and floral designs. Very fine Mughal metalwork etched design copper basin carved with Arabic calligraphy ...

Both vases are signed Senzan 泉山 in gilt calligraphy on a black reserve at the base. A beautiful pair from the turn of the 20th century, richly decorated, finely made, and a wonderfu...

Nice and Beautifully painted pair of hatstand vases with Rice paddy scene and calligraphy. Great quality. Featuring a great landscape Marked at base.

Developed his signature style, which combined Impressionist and Fauvist elements with a "lightning-fast, calligraphic" line and colorful washes. He worked as an illustrator, a fabr...

A set of 10 Chinese porcelain nesting bowls, all bowls depicting erotic scenes in the interior of the bowls and female figures or birds on the exterior with gilt rims and script on t...

Some of the designs incorporate calligraphic inscriptions in ornate Kufic and Thuluth scripts, suggesting Qur'anic or poetic text, often used in religious architecture and books.

The frame is adorned with vibrant geometric mosaics and traditional Arabic calligraphy. At the center, an antique sepia photograph depicts a child in traditional attire, enhancing th...

Hand-painted with sinuous linework and stippled shading, the lions are rendered in red-orange enamel atop a cool white field, surrounded by abstract flourishes and decorative calligr...

A two-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink on a silver ground with a rock, bamboo and calligraphy, by Tanomura Chokunyū (1814-1907). Inscribed: I painted at the time when the p...

The manuscript is composed of multiple joined leaves, each inscribed with lines of black lacquered calligraphy, set against a shimmering gold ground. Fine incised detailing surrounds...

Innovative artisans incorporated calligraphy into the pictorial decoration, and it is considered a significant art form.

The flowers are in enamel and thickly painted in a bit of relief when you touch them. Also calligraphy on 1 side, probably a poem. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pott...

Two sides of the pipe are engraved with a court scene and nature scene, and the other two feature poetry/calligraphy. Marked/impressed under the lid.

Material: 100% Hand-Knotted Wool Pile Special Feature: Farsi Calligraphy/Poetry inscribed in the main border. Dimensions (Feet): 4 ft. 1 in.

A Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, 19th Century Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every t...

This Japanese Satsuma vase is intricately decorated with geometric patterns and lively scenes of leisure activities including calligraphy and a friendly game of Go. The vase presents...

The calligraphy showcases the mastery of the scribe's hand, with flowing curves and intricate details that form an elegant script.

Soon the images of the female form joined her calligraphy. By the time she finished high school, the evolution toward her current style had begun.

Such pieces were more than functional; for Chinese literati and scholars, brush pots, brushes, inkstones, and brush washers were vital companions in the pursuit of poetry, calligraph...

Under the linear crown is a stylized garland carved into the frieze over a pair of doors that mirror each other’s calligraphic outline around the paneling. Each door hangs on steel b...

It's a tribute to a great man. The calligraphy is ink on paper, probably from the end of the Edo period.

The morphology is typical of 17th century production, consistent with the banded decoration with a "calligraphic naturalistic" motif and scrolls with pharmaceutical writing in Gothic...

The marble presents a deep charcoal-black ground animated by crisp white veining that cuts across the surface like fine calligraphy. In softer light the stone reads almost ink-black ...

The design is composed of two superimposed layers, the background being composed of an orthogonal intersection of shades of ivory, camel and brown in a Cubist-like arrangement charac...

Rich mother-of-pearl inlaid with an eight-pointed star, with a calligraphy in the centre of an octagonal figure. Damascus or Egypt, circa 1920

Each painting has drawings of peasant figural life scenes, each with calligraphy and red chop marks.

An unusual pair of antique Islamic Ottoman or Persian silver lidded boxes, circa 1880, each box being of conical shape and having a 'minaret' shaped finial to the lid, both boxes are...

Antique fine Middle Eastern Moorish revival brass table lamp with Arabic calligraphy writing. Moorish, Syrian style brass table lamp with hammered brass with fine Islamic designs an...

This is a special box that was used to hold rolled scrolls of paintings and calligraphy. The box is 1 or a pair, pair available.

Beautiful Middle Eastern Islamic Syrian, Persian style brass floor lamp is handcrafted with Moorish calligraphy Arabian designs. Extremely fine antique Islamic floor brass lamp with ...

A pair of orioles is thought to represent a loving friendship, their song imagined as reaching out to a friend or companion. Poetic calligraphy about the beauty of birdsong decorates...

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk.

Each of the six sides brass panel with delicate hand hammered, chiseled, pierced and engraved scrolling floral foliate designs and a panel of honorific calligraphic Arabic Islamic Th...

These botanical elements demonstrate microscopic precision—each palmette rendered with calligraphic accuracy that suggests infinite divine pattern.

A Japanese inspired reduced stoneware bowl with brown glaze to the interior and a calligraphy stroke in black, and a biege speckled glaze to the exterior.

This cypress root was carved out to hold the scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root.

This cypress root was carved out to hold the scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root.

This cypress root was carved out to hold the scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root.

This cypress root was carved out to hold the scholar’s calligraphy brushes. The aged natural patina enhances the beautiful wood grain of the cypress root.

A water-dropper, or suiteki, is used in East Asian calligraphy to make ink. A few drops of water are dropped onto an inkstone and then mixed with particles of an inkstick.

Monogramming was another common customization, with clients’ initials or family crests engraved in ornate scripts that showcased the firm’s calligraphic prowess.  Serving European R...

From Granada, Islamic Spain, fabulous large silk textile with gold color fringes featuring Moorish floral and geometric designs with calligraphy Arabic writing calligraphy. Rich broc...