Antique Cloud Painting

Lanza’s handling of the sky is particularly evocative, with patches of bright blue breaking through expressive, swirling clouds, lending the painting a sense of movement and immediac...

material: lacquer pain, metal frame with wood box The Kokkokai is a group of maki-e artists formed in 1931 around Matsuda Gonroku, a Living National Treasure and Japan's proud maste...

The scene shows a traditional Dutch church and village under a dispersing storm cloud. The painting has wonderful atmosphere and a sense of poignancy and hope.

The sky, serene and light tones, is marked by some vaporous cloud. The two paintings are very close to some works by Angelo Vacca made for prestigious clients and royal palaces.

Stylized low-hanging gold mist clouds. Rimpa-style painting in mineral pigments on paper with all-over gold dust, and silk brocade border.

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene at Water's Edge with Flowers and Waterfowl. Edo period painting (mid 19th century) of plum, bamboo, white camellias, cranes and mandarin ducks ...

The artist has wonderfully captured the gentle glow of the setting sun that lightly brushes the clouds. The painting is unsigned and presented on wove laid to heavy wove.

The reverse continues the whimsical scenes with cherubs among clouds and blossoms. The paintings are signed, and the undersides of the lids bear a spurious Sèvres mark along with th...

The designs are finished with black lacquer paintings of cloud scrollwork, animals and mythical creatures.

Painted designs often depict flowers, vines, clouds and mountain landscapes. Some painting is simply splotches of color that accentuate stamped and molded clay ornaments.

Painted designs often depict flowers, vines, clouds and mountain landscapes. Some painting is simply splotches of color that accentuate stamped and molded clay ornaments.