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Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Plants
Located in Greenwich, CT
Refined Chinese brush painting of plants, ink on rice paper, 19th century, signed with seal
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

Antique Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Plants
Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Plants
H 15.5 in W 17.6 in D 1.5 in
Chinese Export Brush Pot or Bitong Porcelain hand painted, Qing Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
A Chinese Export porcelain brush pot or bitong, hand painted in a blue and white figural pattern
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Calligraphy Brush, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink, and inkstone, the brush was among the four treasures found in a traditional
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Elm

Chinese Qing Porcelain Brush Pot Painted with Figures and Seal Mark with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Chinese Qing porcelain brush pot with wooden stand hand painted with children and
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Small Chinese Landscaping Round Brush Washer
Located in Norton, MA
A truly fine hand-painted porcelain round brush washer, painted in a village scene with house
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Early 20th Century Chinese Other Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Famille Rose Brush Pot Finely Painted Fencai Early 20th Cen ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese porcelain brush pot, finely painted in famille rose fencai, of a court lady in a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Lacquered Brush Box with Painted Birds, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Lacquered paintbrush box, made in the chinese style. In 19th-century Europe, oriental objects were
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Late 19th Century French Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Children Playing in Garden
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese brush painting of children playing in garden, ink and color on silk, 19th century
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk

Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Scholars Leisure in the Landscape
Located in Greenwich, CT
An elegant Chinese brush painting of landscape, scholars practicing arts in the mountains, 19th
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

Chinese Qing Simulated Bamboo Brown Glazed Pottery Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish antique Chinese simulated bamboo brush pot decorated in brown glazes and
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Qianlong Mark Pair Celadon Glazed Porcelain Brush Pots
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish pair Chinese Qianlong mark pair celadon glazed porcelain brush pots believed to date from
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Original Liberty London 19th Century Chinese Canton Brush Painting Watercolor
By Liberty & Co.
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original 19th century watercolor brush painting
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19th Century Chinese Modern Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paint

Chinese Guangxu Coral Glazed Porcelain Brush Washer/Ink Well
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Chinese coral glazed porcelain brush washer or inkwell decorated with a bamboo sprig
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1870s Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese brush painting of women and children at leisure in the garden
Located in Greenwich, CT
Refined Chinese brush painting of women and children at leisure in the garden, beautiful colors and
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk

Pair of Chinese Painted Wall Mirrors, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
hardwood. At some point in their storied history, the frames were brushed with red paint, now gently worn
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Mirror, Hardwood

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Chinese Brush Calligraphy
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Edo period six-panel folding silver leaf screen featuring Chinese style brush
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silver Leaf, Brass

Chinese Paint Decorated Brighton Pavilion Arm Chairs, 7 Available
Located in Sheffield, MA
arm chairs featuring seat backs and arm panels with fine Chinese brush paintings on both sides of the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Bamboo

Large Chinese Neolithic Period Banshan Painted Clay Pottery Handled Water Jar Hu
Located in Forney, TX
with painted designs in black and brown, probably applied with a brush, consisting of geometric
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Primitive Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Clay

Chinese Black Lacquer Tray with Painted Winter Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
. Brushed atop a printed backdrop, the wintery scene depicts a small cabin tucked within a snowy riverbank
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Fine Asian Brush Painting of Pheasant and Quail
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fined Chinese brush painting of a pheasant and a quail under a plum tree, ink and color on silk
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk

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
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Paint

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
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Paint

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
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Paint

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
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Paint

Framed Chinese Calligraphy Scroll, circa 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Set against a silk brocade backing, this early 20th century paper scroll is brushed with a work of
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

Pair of Famille Rose Antique Cylindrical Brush Pots with Two-Verse Poem
Located in Lomita, CA
One of the pieces in this famille rose pair of brush pots bears an iron red square hallmark, as
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Scholarly Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
to the rarified taste of China’s literati, this Qing-dynasty table depicts auspicious objects found
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Elm

Chinese Winter Landscape Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a minimalist color palette, this Chinese scroll
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

Set of Four Chinese Immortals Screen Paintings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chinese Ginger Jar Conversion Lamp
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
A beautifully detailed hand painted vintage Chinese ginger jar that has been converted to a lamp
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Petite Tea Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Simple lines, a modest form, and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite Qing-dynasty tray
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Pine

Chinese Petite Tea Tray, c. 1900
Chinese Petite Tea Tray, c. 1900
H 1.5 in W 11.5 in D 11.25 in
Petite Chinese Tea Tray, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
underside of the tray is painted a bright forest green and brushed with Chinese calligraphy in a contrasting
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Pine, Lacquer

Petite Chinese Tea Tray, circa 1900
Petite Chinese Tea Tray, circa 1900
H 1.25 in W 9.75 in D 9.75 in
"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio" Chinese Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the Chinese scholar
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric

Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow console table was crafted over 150 years ago in China's Fujian province, and was
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Gilt Black Lacquer Carrying Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century painted box was originally used as a portable traveling container
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Old Bamboo Slips with Calligraphy Jiandu, 59 Piece Collection
Located in South Burlington, VT
Bamboo and wooden slips - jiandú- were the main media for writing documents in China before the
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood

Framed Pair of Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Paintings on Silk
Located in Morristown, NJ
Antique pair of Qing dynasty ancestor portraits depicting a male and a female. Hand painted on silk
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint

Chinese Reverse Glass Table Screen with Floral Still Life, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Chinese Blue and White Tea Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with dark cobalt blue atop a creamy white field, this Qing-dynasty tea leaf jar beautifully
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Tea Jar, c. 1900
Chinese Blue and White Tea Jar, c. 1900
H 10.5 in W 9.5 in D 9.5 in
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary Chinese headrest from the late Qing dynasty is hand-crafted of lacquered hide
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Hide, Bamboo, Lacquer

Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
H 13.5 in W 28.5 in D 5.5 in
Chinese Blue and White Water Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with a dark, blue-black glaze atop a white field, this Qing-dynasty water vessel is
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Water Vessel, c. 1900
Chinese Blue and White Water Vessel, c. 1900
H 10.25 in W 11.5 in D 10.5 in
Chinese Blue & White Tea Leaf Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
timeless allure of blue-and-white porcelain. Freely brushed in a cobalt-blue glaze, the jar is painted with
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

A FINE 19th C CHINESE THREE LEGGED RU WARE PORCELAIN WASHER/STAND.Qing Dynasty.
Located in London, GB
A FINE 19th Century CHINESE THREE LEGGED RU WARE PORCELAIN WASHER/STAND. A beautiful brush
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Chinese 19C Bleu de Hue Bitong Butterflies Flowers Cobalt Blue Vietnamese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Chinese porcelain Bitong (??) or Brushpots is a container for holding the brushes
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

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
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

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
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

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
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

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
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Pigment

Set of Four Chinese Immortals Screen Paintings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Fabric, Ink, Gouache

Pair of French Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted Chinese Export Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
porcelain which was then all hand-painted with exquisite brush strokes and precision. The ormolu handles
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Bronze

'Bird on Rock with Blue Flowers', By Unknown, Chinese Antique Scroll
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 59" x 20" Chinese Antique Scroll depicts a simple yet serene scene of a bird on a rock. The
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Late 18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk, Paper, Watercolor

Pink Roses Hand Painted on Antique Porcelain Dish England Circa 1810 by New Hall
By New Hall
Located in Katonah, NY
This exquisite antique porcelain saucer dish was hand painted at the renowned New Hall China Works
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Porcelain

"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the Chinese scholar
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Silk, Ink, Pigment

Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
exterior is finished with black lacquer and painted with scenic mountain landscapes, brushed with gilt
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
H 10.5 in W 23.25 in D 13.75 in
Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
brushed, dipped, and poured over the vessel. Sancai glazed pottery used three colors derived from minerals
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
H 6.89 in Dm 2.96 in
Rare Lion Figurine Pillow, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
from beyond China. For example, lion-shaped artifacts were found, as were a number of examples
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Stoneware

Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
Changsha Ware has distinct and recognizable designs and motifs. Painted designs often depict
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Stoneware

Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
Changsha Ware has distinct and recognizable designs and motifs. Painted designs often depict
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Stoneware

Ming Cizhou Storage Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
with neutral earth-tones in a style characteristic of cizhou ware. Loosely brushed characters and
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Early 17th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Ceramic

Ming Cizhou Wine Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
beautifully glazed with neutral earth-tones in a style characteristic of cizhou ware. Loosely brushed
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Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chinese Paint Brushes

Materials

Ceramic

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Antique Chinese Paint Brushes For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique Chinese paint brushes available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique Chinese paint brushes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and paint. Antique Chinese paint brushes have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique Chinese paint brushes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Modern antique Chinese paint brushes are of considerable interest. Antique Chinese paint brushes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Liberty & Co. are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Chinese Paint Brushes?

Antique Chinese paint brushes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,180, while the lowest priced sells for $118 and the highest can go for as much as $9,000.