Antique Crane

The elegant smoking box of black lacquer decorated with a wonderful gold lacquer takamaki-e design of a gnarled and elegantly twisted plum tree with branches in full bloom. A border ...

Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground and beautifully executed calligraphy.

But it is the vase that commands the attention here. There are cranes painted with detailed expressions, it seems, and dragonflies painted into this wonderful piece.

The upper part is circular in form and contains various images of cranes in various poses and positions. The hardstone decorations are mounted onto a black lacquer ground, and the c...

The neck and skirt bands features flying cranes among scrolling floral vines. The foreground of the robe showcases three finely embroidered roundels centered on a basket of splendid ...

The background is accented with a fan featuring two black and white Manchurian cranes, a symbol of luck, longevity, and fidelity.

It has a bright pink background and is decorated with multiple white flying cranes. The neck of the vase has two handles which are decorated with lotus blooms or fig blooms in pink, ...

In the late Victorian period, the RSN made large-scale embroideries to the designs of Edward Burne-Jones: Musica and Poesis and designs for William Morris and Walter Crane.

Of double-walled construction with a pink ground, turquoise & white jeweled ribbon to the top border, jeweling throughout, a geometric honeycomb reticulated pattern to the center tha...

The waterfowl displays an attractive silhouette, with its neck raised and head craned back, gazing upwards. The bird's wings held tight against its plump body.

Iconographically complex, the textile features a series of embroidered panels depicting figures, possibly the Eight Immortals or scenes from classical literature, interspersed with s...

Nice quality with superb decoration of a group of 3 cranes. Marked at base with Hayishi Chuzo. Very little is known of Hayashi Chuzo of Aichi.

Central scene of the well known Shou Lao, God of Longevity, flying on a crane among the clouds. In the front of him are the 8 immortals with attributes in a garden/landscape scene.

The imagery likely alludes to the Japanese mythological story of Issun-Bōshi, the one-inch boy, who was born to an old couple and decided to leave to see the world on a rice bowl flo...

The decoration was called in the Milanese manufactories "allo struzzo" (ostrich decoration) and this refers to the oriental figure Xian He or the crane, symbol of longevity, here los...

Six panels each depict Chinese-inspired landscapes showing cranes, pines, peonies, cherry blossoms, mountains and water, all symbols of prosperity and longevity, decorated with splas...

It is decorated on all four sides with masterful engraving using all the motifs associated with the style including cranes, bamboo, palm leaves, bulrushes, cattails and beautiful pal...

For two similar single leopard crane badges, see Accession Number: 53.60.21 and 53.60.22 in the collection of Metropolitan Musuem of Art, NYC.

For two similar single leopard crane badges, see Accession Number: 53.60.21 and 53.60.22 in the collection of Metropolitan Musuem of Art, NYC.

For two similar single leopard crane badges, see Accession Number: 53.60.21 and 53.60.22 in the collection of Metropolitan Musuem of Art, NYC and Item FE272 dash 1995 in the collecti...

A French Aubusson verdure landscape tapestry from the 18th century, with a crane at the center of the idyllic landscape scene, sitting between three large trees, in the midst of gras...

Unlike the dense medallion designs of earlier periods, this composition features scattered, highly detailed scenes of flora and fauna, including stylized trees, flying cranes, and my...

The piece depicts a natural scene replete with deer, cranes, and an abundance of flora and fauna. Additionally, there are abstracted and deconstructed Greek key motifs and other geom...

The interior base set with a silvered bronze mirror featuring a traditional design of cranes and pine, along with a large two large characters, and a lengthy inscription.

Two boats float gently on the water, while a crane stands tall in the distance. The painting exudes a palpable immediacy, with the varied brushwork – from thin, almost ephemeral stro...

Landscape with pine and cranes, symbols of longevity 10. Long tailed bird and plum The difference in style, detail, and composition of these fans indicate they are possibly copies o...

Antique bird print of the A) ostrich B) crowned-crane C) partridge (?) D) toucan E) ? F) goose, rooster etc.

The detailed imagery, featuring stylized peonies, bamboo shoots, and soaring cranes, is rendered through meticulous silk embroidery, showcasing a level of precision typically reserve...

Pima basket de-accessioned from the Denver Museum of National History. Ex. Crane Collection and before the Smith Museum. With documentation.

Surrounding the turtle and inscription is a densely cast landscape featuring pine trees with fantastic needles, a crane with its two young, and dense stalks of leafy bamboo.

The cranes were surrounded by neatly arranged white slip clouds in three rows.

Both parts are linked to a netsuke of kagamibuta type, made of two parts: a brass plate decorated with two cranes and an ivory bowl. They are connected using the ojime made of copper...

The reverse side of the vase continues the scroll-shaped border motif, featuring multi-colored cranes flying, preening, and gazing at a small cottage in the distance, some gorgeously...

He continued to paint until his death in 1949. Hart Crane dedicated his 1927 poem Sunday Morning Apples to Sommer.

The interior decorated with cranes flying amongst bamboo on a nashiji ground.

This cabinet of rectangular shape is elaborately inlaid with an array of colored stones in raised designs of deers, cranes, sparrows among plum blossoms issuing from jagged rocks aga...

Note: The Mortlake Tapestry Works was established in Mortlake, England, under the proprietorship of Sir Francis Crane, 1620-1636. The Prince of Wales, soon to be King Charles I, arra...

As with the deer and paradise flycatchers, both cranes and chrysanthemums are symbols of longevity.

To his right a bird which resembles a crane also stood on one leg. We have seen a few examples similar in style in years past, but nothing so large as this one.

The lower portion showcases a composition of bamboo, plum blossom, pine branches, cranes and turtle, all auspicious symbols in Japanese culture.

However she was unable to fully master human anatomy;[7] frustrated that nude models were not permitted in the women's classes, she enrolled in night classes at Heatherley School of ...

The extraordinary workmanship depicts a pair of deer within the circled square (shape of heaven and earth) and a lined background on the long sides and a crane with spread wings on t...

Further down, four octagonal panels with paintings of cranes and roosters on black lacquered backgrounds, symbols of long life and vitality.

Each rank was represented by a different species, and while there were slight variations over time, by the Qing Dynasty the order from highest to lowest was: (1) crane, (2) golden ph...

A flowing river is anchored by rock outcrops and pine trees frame the view point. Flocks of crane fly in the sky and two turtles sun themselves by the bank.

The sorin topped by a flaming jewel. Red-crowned cranes, a symbol of longevity and good fortune, descend from the sky.

In a conceptually mirrored fashion, the surface is richly decorated with flying cranes among large lotus leaves and flower, like an idyllic aqua scenery of pure poetry on a circular ...

He represents Fukurokuju, the deity of longevity and wisdom in Japanese folklore, derived from "The Old Man of the South Pole" in Chinese mythology. He is seen with a crane on his ba...

The rug has some very unusual features in the design such as the spinning pinwheels and flowers and the fact that a floral rug is combined with two stylized cranes. The phoenix is on...

A pair of pheasants graces the front of the vase, possibly in reference to a civil rank, as this vase would have graced the studio of a gentleman-scholar. A single crane is portrayed...

The interior of the bowl showcases design consisting of a thin outer ribbon with wavy inlays, four cardinal cranes in black and white inlays among small cloud forms, and a central ma...

The elaborate motifs feature repetitive pattern of flying cranes, hababishi (four petal flowers), paulownia leaves, all interlinked by Sayagata, the interlocking eternal Manji symbol...

The sun rises in the far distant haze with two cranes in flight. A Mon symbol in gold thread was embroidered on the lower left side indicates the family crest.

This group was made up of Walter Crane, Robert Bateman, Harry Ellis Wooldridge and Edward Clifford.

They include: Apus (the Bird of Paradise) Chamaeleon Dorado (the Dolphinfish or Swordfish) Grus (the Crane) Tucana (the Toucan) Volans (the Flying Fish) Musca (the Fly) The Polish a...

Literature: 'Crows, Cranes, and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson', Newland, Amy R.: Jan Perree & Robert Schaap, Leiden: Hotei Publishing, 2001.

The interior of the bowl showcases design consisting of three bands: a thin outer ribbon with wavy inlays; a middle band with four cranes in black and white inlays among small cloud ...

In 1875, Murphy moved from Chicago to New York, eventually rooming with the painters Dennis Bunker and Bruce Crane above a bakery shop. Murphy’s early work was typical of the Hudson ...

Pogány’s dynamic frames, with their striking use of negative space, show the influence not only of Golden Age illustrators like Walter Crane, but also the new generation of cartoonis...

Beyond their highly decorative qualities, the subject of some of the paintings are also an allusion to imperial allegiance; the pheasants are symbolic of bravery and steadfastness, p...