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Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Heliotrope Brooch Encrusted with Diamonds
Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Heliotrope Brooch Encrusted with Diamonds

Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Heliotrope Brooch Encrusted with Diamonds

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

The artist drew inspiration from the philosophy of Asian ink calligraphy, which emphasizes the "lines and spots" principle in design.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Dancing in the Night 1
Dancing in the Night 1

Dancing in the Night 1

By Ryoko Endo

Located in New Orleans, LA

With a lifetime commitment to artistic growth and expression, she initially learned traditional Sumi ink calligraphy, then later developed a more fluid method of brushwork.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese-French, 1921–2013), "Untitled #12 (Agerup 120)" 1959
Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese-French, 1921–2013), "Untitled #12 (Agerup 120)" 1959

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese-French, 1921–2013), "Untitled #12 (Agerup 120)" 1959

By Zao Wou-Ki

Located in Atlanta, GA

Early works retained figurative elements, but under the influence of artists such as Paul Klee—whose synthesis of symbolic abstraction and musicality Zao admired—he gradually develop...

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Expressionist Prints

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Ceramic Tea Set Of 7 Pcs
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Ceramic Tea Set Of 7 Pcs

Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Ceramic Tea Set Of 7 Pcs

Located in Long Island City, NY

The necks and the bases are decorated with a geometrical motif made in the same technique. Marked with red ink Calligraphy. Antique and Vintage Asian and Oriental Enamel PorcelainTea...

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Sculptural Brooches Triptych
Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Sculptural Brooches Triptych

Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Sculptural Brooches Triptych

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

The triptych was designed as a play of 'lines and spots,' balancing between chaos and order, one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy. The implementation of this idea is deeper...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty

Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty

Located in Atlanta, GA

Water dropper is one of the essential scholar objects in the Confucius Joseon society where ink calligraphy was considered an important cultivation of an educated man.

Category

Antique Early 19th Century Korean Other Scholar's Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Featured in Vogue Designer Rose Gold Contemporary Bamboo Brooches Triptych
Featured in Vogue Designer Rose Gold Contemporary Bamboo Brooches Triptych

Featured in Vogue Designer Rose Gold Contemporary Bamboo Brooches Triptych

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

The Bamboo triptych was designed with the principle of "lines and spots" play and a balance between "chaos and order," inspired by Asian ink calligraphy. The Bamboo symbolizes the wi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, Rose Gold, 14k Gold

B25 Japanese Antiques CalligraphyA 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen
B25 Japanese Antiques CalligraphyA 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen

B25 Japanese Antiques CalligraphyA 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen

Located in Niiza, JP

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

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Bamboo Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Diptych Brooch by the Artist
Bamboo Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Diptych Brooch by the Artist

Bamboo Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Contemporary Diptych Brooch by the Artist

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

Therefore, when this piece was designed as a "lines and spots" play and balance between chaos and order, which is one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy, the implementation o...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold

Yellow Gold Plated Sterling Silver Pine Brooch by the Artist Featured in Vogue
Yellow Gold Plated Sterling Silver Pine Brooch by the Artist Featured in Vogue

Yellow Gold Plated Sterling Silver Pine Brooch by the Artist Featured in Vogue

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

Therefore when this jewel was designed as a 'lines and spots' play and balance between 'chaos and order', which is one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy, the implementation ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver

Eighteen Karat Gold Pendant Contemporary Heliotrope Necklace with Diamonds
Eighteen Karat Gold Pendant Contemporary Heliotrope Necklace with Diamonds

Eighteen Karat Gold Pendant Contemporary Heliotrope Necklace with Diamonds

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

The design of this piece follows the principle of "lines and spots," one of the foundations of Asian ink calligraphy, which the artist draws inspiration from.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist
Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist

Bamboo Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

Therefore when this piece was designed as 'lines and spots' play and balance between 'chaos and order', which is one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy, the implementation of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold

Primavera

Primavera

By Ryoko Endo

Located in New Orleans, LA

With a lifetime commitment to artistic growth and expression, she initially learned traditional Sumi ink calligraphy, then later developed a more fluid method of brushwork.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Featured in Vogue Bamboo Garden Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist
Featured in Vogue Bamboo Garden Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist

Featured in Vogue Bamboo Garden Fourteen Karat Yellow Gold Diptych by the Artist

By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery

Located in Berlin, DE

Therefore when this piece was designed as 'lines and spots' play and balance between 'chaos and order', which is one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy, the implementation of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Brooches

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold

Pair Of Japanese Totai Cloisonne Enamel Cache Pots
Pair Of Japanese Totai Cloisonne Enamel Cache Pots

Pair Of Japanese Totai Cloisonne Enamel Cache Pots

Located in Long Island City, NY

Each is mounted on three porcelain legs featuring a hand enameled foliage design and gilded accents. Marked with red ink Calligraphy, on the bottom. Totai Shippo is the name given to...

Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Carlos Ramos, “Vol. II” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture
Carlos Ramos, “Vol. II” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture

Carlos Ramos, “Vol. II” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture

Located in Lisboa, Lisboa

The sculpture is composed of a vertical wooden base with burned or inked calligraphy and figural imagery, mounted on a minimalist iron plinth.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Iron

Carlos Ramos, “Vol. III” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture
Carlos Ramos, “Vol. III” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture

Carlos Ramos, “Vol. III” — Contemporary Portuguese Sculpture

Located in Lisboa, Lisboa

The sculpture is composed of a vertical wooden base with burned or inked calligraphy and figural imagery, mounted on a minimalist iron plinth.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Art

Materials

Marble, Iron

Glazed Ceramic Chawan Tea Bowl by Toshiko Takaezu
Glazed Ceramic Chawan Tea Bowl by Toshiko Takaezu

Glazed Ceramic Chawan Tea Bowl by Toshiko Takaezu

By Toshiko Takaezu

Located in Atlanta, GA

The surface is covered with a white opaque glaze with a slight yellow tint and accentuated with a bold dark stroke that morphs into green, reminiscent of ink calligraphy. The abstrac...

Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies
Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies

Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk.

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies
Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies

Vintage Chinese Blue & White Brush Pot with Lovebirds & Peonies

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk.

Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Bound Anthology Album, Dorothy Margaret Tyas Colles (1917–2003)
Bound Anthology Album, Dorothy Margaret Tyas Colles (1917–2003)

Bound Anthology Album, Dorothy Margaret Tyas Colles (1917–2003)

Located in Middletown, NY

Hand-made Florentine Album with 150 pp of hand-made laid paper, most pages with calligraphy in black ink with some pencil and ink drawings and decorations throughout.

Category

Early 20th Century English Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1958
Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1958

Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1958

By Henri Michaux

Located in Southampton, NY

About the Artist: Henri Michaux (1899–1984) was a profoundly influential Belgian born French painter, poet, and visionary explorer of the unconscious whose hallucinatory ink works, c...

Category

1950s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Constelar - 21st Century, Contemporary, Collage, Colorful
Constelar - 21st Century, Contemporary, Collage, Colorful

Constelar - 21st Century, Contemporary, Collage, Colorful

By Fernando Alday

Located in Barcelona, Catalonia

At five years of age I became interested in calligraphy. Fascinated by sepia ink, I started my small collection.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1952
Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1952

Henri Michaux, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1952

By Henri Michaux

Located in Southampton, NY

About the Artist: Henri Michaux (1899–1984) was a profoundly influential Belgian born French painter, poet, and visionary explorer of the unconscious whose hallucinatory ink works, c...

Category

1950s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Love Letters, Mixed Media on Canvas
Love Letters, Mixed Media on Canvas

Love Letters, Mixed Media on Canvas

By Gesa Reuter

Located in Yardley, PA

Hand-mixed gouache, ink, paper, calligraphy, acrylics and pastels on 100x100 cm gallery wrapped canvas, unframed, sides partly painted through painting process, hook on the back.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Jiang - Father of the Yunnan School" Catalogue Raisonne Book Tiefeng's Signed
"Jiang - Father of the Yunnan School" Catalogue Raisonne Book Tiefeng's Signed

"Jiang - Father of the Yunnan School" Catalogue Raisonne Book Tiefeng's Signed

Located in San Diego, CA

Considered to be at the forefront of contemporary Chinese art, Jiang paints as if creating stained glass windows, concentrating on women, horses, birds, and flowers through brightly ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Chinese Export Books

Materials

Paper

China the New Contemporary Painting Lorenzo Sassoli, 1st Ed
China the New Contemporary Painting Lorenzo Sassoli, 1st Ed

China the New Contemporary Painting Lorenzo Sassoli, 1st Ed

Located in valatie, NY

Some of the paintings shown in this volume provide insight into China's current cultural, social, and political climate while drawing on methods and styles of traditional Chinese art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary European Books

Materials

Paper

Kumi Sugaï 1973 Limited Edition "Balance" Lithograph
Kumi Sugaï 1973 Limited Edition "Balance" Lithograph

Kumi Sugaï 1973 Limited Edition "Balance" Lithograph

By Kumi Sugai

Located in Weesp, NL

Born in Kobe, Japan, Sugaï initially trained in calligraphy and ink painting, which profoundly influenced his later works.

Category

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

The Derby Race
The Derby Race

The Derby Race

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

I incorporate both contemporary (watercolor) and traditional (ink calligraphy) painting styles into this series.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

The Herd
The Herd

The Herd

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

I incorporate both contemporary (watercolor) and traditional (ink calligraphy) painting styles into this series.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Thunder, Oil Painting
Thunder, Oil Painting

Thunder, Oil Painting

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Shao incorporates both contemporary watercolor and traditional ink calligraphy styles into this series of oil paintings.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lone Star, Oil Painting
Lone Star, Oil Painting

Lone Star, Oil Painting

By Shao Yuan Zhang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Shao incorporates both contemporary watercolor and traditional ink calligraphy styles into this series of oil paintings.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

New Nature-Inspired Gilded Ascent Biophilic Carpet with Modern Style
New Nature-Inspired Gilded Ascent Biophilic Carpet with Modern Style

New Nature-Inspired Gilded Ascent Biophilic Carpet with Modern Style

Located in Dallas, TX

Across the glowing expanse, a flock of silhouetted birds in mid-flight animates the sky, their wings outstretched like inked calligraphy on a parchment of radiance. These avian forms...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pakistani Aesthetic Movement Central Asian...

Materials

Wool

The Scholar’s Garden: An Antique Chinese Baotou Masterpiece of Literati Reverie
The Scholar’s Garden: An Antique Chinese Baotou Masterpiece of Literati Reverie

The Scholar’s Garden: An Antique Chinese Baotou Masterpiece of Literati Reverie

Located in Dallas, TX

A finely rendered vase filled with peonies—symbols of honor and cultivated grace—anchors the composition, while surrounding elements reveal a world devoted to intellectual pursuit. C...

Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Couleurs du Temps - Celui du Lointain - Douceurs du Jour
Couleurs du Temps - Celui du Lointain - Douceurs du Jour

Couleurs du Temps - Celui du Lointain - Douceurs du Jour

Located in San Francisco, CA

Scribbled pieces of old paper, composed of different calligraphies, on which ink, pastel and watercolor are found, harmoniously create texture and layers of color.

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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