Antique Silk Paintings

Original 19th century painting on silk decorative chinoiserie unframed Wading cranes Hand painted one of a kind Signed Ines Maisonnabe 189?

A large 19th century framed Chinese patriarch ancestral painting on fine linen or silk. The vibrant, bright array of colors of this finely framed piece would make it really pop ag...

Beautifully detailed landscape in bronze tones on antique silk with roaring lions and docile rabbits; wooden stretcher

An Exsqusite set of six Chinese Silk Embroidery Paintings from the late 19th Century Matted in Gold Leaf Frames.

A rare very fine early 19th c./late 18th c. Silk Needlework Painting--done in silk embroidery on a silk oil painted background with hand painting on the embroidery as well-image alon...

Chinese scroll made of silk brocade and the rice paper. This particular painting shows the great importance of the art of calligraphy in China, a good painter must be master of calli...

Yoshida Kokin (1803-1875), Sroll on silk - Passion Flowers. Born in Etchu province to a family of wealthy farmers, studied first under Nukina Kaioku. Worked in Kyoto.

A fine pair of 19th century hand-painted scrolls on paper mounted silk, with images of birds and flowering trees, Chinese, circa 1840.

Precious silk fan painted with ink and embroidered, decorated with cranes in a lake landscape. The strands are in finely carved bone decorated with peonies. Gold signature on the rev...

A blue Paradise bird watercolor on silk

Showing various figures including a bibulous soldier, a huntsman with his pointer, an 18th century dandy, etc. executed in silk and other textile applique on gouache painted grounds ...

Vintage Dawson Dawson-Watson small oil on canvas landscape in pinks and blues. Artist monogram lower right corner, signature and date in pencil on verso of original mat. Listed in ...

She faithfully reproduced oils and other paintings by exchanging brushstrokes for stitches, and she worked these in crewel wool with silk threads for highlights!

Circle of Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), a 17th century portrait of a lady, bust-length oval, wearing an ivory silk gown with blue silk bows and lace collar and cuffs. Although the i...

She faithfully reproduced oils and other paintings by exchanging brushstrokes for stitches, and she worked these in crewel wool with silk threads for highlights!

Period Portraits are thrilled to present this rare, richly coloured and exceptionally decorative 18th century portrait of three boys, attributed to Stephen Slaughter. Stephen Slaug...

A highly decorative and sensitively rendered early 18th century portrait of a lady by Michael Dahl (1659-1743). The graceful sitter is depicted half length within an oval cartouche....

Fine oval 17th century portrait of a gentleman ‘traditionally identified’ as Sir Cloudesley Shovell, from an artist in the circle of John Baptist de Media. The sitter wears a russet ...

Period Portraits are proud to present this charming and highly decorative English portrait of a young gentleman traditionally identified as William Henry West Betty (1791-1874) by an...

He is also fashion conscious and leaves us in no doubt as to his status, as his richly coloured costume includes a stock tied at his neck and a shimmering emerald green silk mantle, ...

Portrait of a 17th century lady, three-quarter length, in an ivory silk gown standing on a garden terrace. The lady, painted circa 1670, gestures with her hand towards the gardens an...

ENGLISH SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF LADY MORGAN c.1700 - FOLLOWER OF WILLIAM WISSING A richly coloured high Baroque portrait of a lady in flamboyantly coloured dress sitting in the shade ...

Painting of tiger and bamboo Origin: Japan Age: circa 1869 Size: 31" x 63.5" H.    

Depicted in ink and gouache in a cream ground, the rooster standing with a full feathered tail and looking particularly distinguished, the hen demurely seated, within a pale blue pat...

art work from a paneling exceptionnal quality of painting circa art nouveau near 1890 this painting come from a set of 5 ( possibility to buy all the set ) representing the diffe...

art work from a paneling exceptionnal quality of painting circa art nouveau near 1890 this painting come from a set of 5 ( possibility to buy all the set ) representing the diffe...

Process of silk making (sericulture) depicted in the paintings: 1.

What a magnificent one-of-a-kind Valentine's Day gift this would be! Wow!! Four panel Chinese silk embroidered screen or room divider believed to be created during the late Qing Dyn...

Mochizuki Gyokkei, fifth heir of the Gyokusen painting tradition (also just known as 'Kyoto school'), did not only excel in the natural rendition of flowers and animals but in figure...

We have a total of 3 Japanese screens that are painted with falcons. Each screen is sold separately. In the images you will see the other screens. They are all 19.75 w x 50 H. And ea...

Large-Scale 19th Century Japanese Painting/ Screen/ Panel Hand Painted on Silk in Ink and Mineral Colors.

Blue subtle Chinese wall screen, embroidered silk, ca. 1920. 4 elements, foldable. Shipping to N.Y.C Seaport or Los Angeles Seaport $ 595.-

Mineral colors and gofun on silk.

Set of antique Chinese ancestral portraits, 19th-20th century, pigment on silk, with inscriptions and red seal mark, upper right, matted and framed under glass. Print Size: 12 x 7.2...

Triptych wood block print and watercolor geisha scene on rice paper with silk background

Ink, mineral colors, and gofun (sea shell powder) on silk backed with gold leaf (urahaku) fall grasses and flowers by bamboo fence.

Six-panel folding screens; ink on silk with gold leaf.

A rare pair of 18th century Tableaux Habilles incorporating hand colored silk panels, watercolor and straw marquetry and depicting chinoiserie scenes after Boucher, circa 1785.

Katagami has been an important part of Japan’s material culture for almost 500 years. Katagami stencils were used to pattern textiles in a technique called katazome. This delicate d...

Four-panel Japanese screen depicting swimming Koi beneath the waters surface and gold sky. Brush painting on raw silk.

19th century scroll on silk.

Two-panel furosaki tea screen. Ink and mineral colors on silk. Signed Gyokuden, and red artist's seal.

Small six-panel screen; mineral colors, gold wash, and gold flakes on silk Scattered fans decorated with flowers of the different seasons.

Early Edo period (17th century) Japanese six-panel screen hand-painted with birds and floral branches on silk with water gilding. Height: 65 1/4 inches, each panel: 65 1/4 x 24 1/2 x...

Four paneled calligraphy screen (two pairs of two panels each) composed of large characters in ink on silk, mounted with silver leaf borders. Back is printed paper.

The painting was made by one of the great artists of modernizing Japan at the age of seventy-seven.

Antique Japanese hand-painted four-panel folding table screen depicting birds, bamboo and flowering branches. Painted on paper with a silk border and wood framed. Height: 35" wid...

Kono Syuson, (1890-1987). Born in Heime prefecture come in Kyoto when he is eighteen year old to study under Tajika Chikuson. He was selected and got many prices from his exhibitiobs.

A very delicate, unusual thin Enso painting from the brush of the 468th Daitoku-ji temple's head monk Shuhan Genpo (1848-1922), who is often found under the name Sohan Genpo in engli...

Stunning 1920s 4 panel screen.

This extraordinary delicately hand-painted six-panels screen of birds, blossoms and branches is from Japan early 19th century. Custom framed and mounted to textile matte and wood fra...

Eight paintings on paper illustrating some excerpts from "The Chronicle of the Heike" historical novel book of the Japanese writer Eiji Yoshikawa. He describes with great realism, th...

Japanese six-panel screen from the Kano school: Japanese landscape with an elegant crane. Hand painted with mineral pigments and gold leaf inks. The pure gold leaf is laid with great...

Fascinating pair of large Japanese 19th century Edo period six-panel folding byobu screens depicting the legend of Minamoto No Yorimasa (Japanese Samurai 1106-1180). The pair of pain...

Material: paper on wooden frame One piece: W755×H1520mm×D15mm, Unfolded size: W1510mm Folded size: W755×H1520×D30mm, 5kg Packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 12cm x 83cm x 16...

A beautiful and very engaging Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese Tosa school original painting featuring two officials from the Imperial Court. The Tosa school (土佐派,) of Japanese pai...

Birds and flowers of the four seasons Early to mid-19th century Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Unidentified artist Signature: Shuho Seal: Shuho ga in A large Japane...

Chinese painting on paper, which is unrolled once hung on the wall. It is a painting that depicts birds in nature, in the style of the 18th century. This painting is from the 19th ce...

Two Chinese paintings of figures in court dress 19th century, opaque pigments on paper, each depicting a figure wearing robes decorated with dragon motifs on yellow-grounds. Pr...

A Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper C.1850 Depicting Court Figures in Imperial Dress Framed and glazed Superb collection In very good con...

A pair of 17th century Chinese Huaniaohua paintings created in 1665 with the watercolor mixture Gouche. The pair showcases beautiful floral scenes in the centuries old tradition of...

A pair of Chinese watercolour on silk paintings, China, C.1940. Framed in its original silk brocade border. Presented unframed. In excellent vintage condition.

Luminous Vessels: A Set of Five China Trade Watercolors on Pith Paper Canton (Guangzhou) or Hong Kong, China, Circa 1850 This remarkable set of five watercolor paintings offers a pr...

With careful brushwork, this 19th century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of antique circa 1880’s Chinese hand painted Gouache paintings depicting a Geisha girl and Lord A very good looking and beautif...