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Chinese Couplet

Pair of Red Lacquer Chinese Couplet Signs, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
with a poetic couplet. Carved to resemble ink calligraphy, the couplet reads: "Do good deeds without
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20th Century Chinese Qing Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Elm, Lacquer

Carved Chinese Inkstone with Longevity Symbols and Marks
Located in Atlanta, GA
clouds and bats (the sound of bat in Chinese is Fu, the fortune). A famous Chinese couplet flanks the lid
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Chinese Hanging Scroll Pair of Poetic Couplets Signed
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Chinese hanging scroll having a pair of poetic couplets with a cyclical date autumn 1944/2004
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

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Pair Chinese Bamboo Couplet Signs with Gold Leaf Details
Located in Sarasota, FL
This pair of Chinese Couplet Signs are hand carved bamboo having PIERCED calligraphy lettering and
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Vintage 1980s Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo

pair of poetry couplet carvings in half round form
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Antique Chinese lacquered half round column poetry couplets. These hung at the entrance to a room
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Distant Scenery from the Stupa in Autumn
By Zhang Guo Ning
Located in Central Hong Kong, HK
favourite elements: the doors in red (an auspicious color to the Chinese), a couplet on the door for
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Distant Scenery from the Stupa in Autumn
By Zhang Guo Ning
Located in Central Hong Kong, HK
favourite elements: the doors in red (an auspicious color to the Chinese), a couplet on the door for
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Spring Landscape on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
a giltwood frame with a silk border. Inscribed with a Chinese seven character poetic couplet. Signed
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

Large Chinese Ancestral Hall Architectural Model, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
. The large support pillars lacquered a brilliant Vermillion red, some with Chinese couplets and new
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Architectural Models

Materials

Softwood, Paint

Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Chinese Poems with Bamboo Landscapes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
each signed with 2 seals. The left panel (moon) has a Chinese poetic couplet with 2 seals. The second
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

View of the Siheyuan
By Zhang Guo Ning
Located in Central Hong Kong, HK
falling snow, the characteristic red doors and lanterns stand out even more. The Chinese couplets on the
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2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

View of the Siheyuan
View of the Siheyuan
H 35.04 in W 51.19 in D 0.04 in
pair of Poetry couplets
Located in Brooklyn, NY
a pair of poetry couplets that used to hang on the columns (thus the rounded shape) of an entrance
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Materials

Lacquer

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Chinese Painting on Scroll Paper, China 19th Century, Birds and Nature Decor
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
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...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chinese Floral Painted Scroll Signed and Dated
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Seasonal autumn Chinese hanging scroll featuring a painting of delicate flowers with a calligraphy signature and date. Crafted on hand-made mulberry paper with a silk tie on the top ...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Large Chinese Porcelain Five Dragon Meiping Vase, Modern, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and powerful Chinese famille rose enameled porcelain "Five Dragon" meiping vase, modern, China. The oversized vase of traditional meiping form, with a splayed foot support...
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Early 2000s Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 calligraphy of a poem. Squares of silver leaf with a vintage patina and calligraphy scrip...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf, Brass

Pair of Chinese Gilt Relief Fragments with Taoist Immortals
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-carved wooden fragments originated as decorative elements of ornate Qing-dynasty furniture or architecture. Colored by red lacquer and gilt pigments, each fragment is carv...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Chinese Hanging Scroll Painting of Camellias Signed Dated
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Seasonal autumn Chinese hanging scroll painting depicting colorful Camellias with a calligraphy signature and date. Crafted on hand-made mulberry paper with a silk hanger and a woode...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

19th Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Birds & Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
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...
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Antique 1830s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Vintage Chinese Watercolor & Ink Landscape Painting, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage traditional style watercolor and ink landscape painting on silk (applied to paper backing) - hand painted - silk damask textile border - signed with a red seal lower right (u...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paint, Paper

Japanese Gohonzon Buddhist Calligraphy Mandala Scroll Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese sumi ink calligraphy Buddhist mandala mounted as a paper hanging scroll known as Kakejiku or sometimes Moji mandala. Termed as gohonzon in Japanese, it is a venerated obje...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chinese Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Chinese Hanging Scroll Painting of a Winter Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with expressive linework and a minimalist color palette, this Chinese hanging scroll painting depicts an idyllic mountainside landscape in the middle of winter. The 20th cent...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Silk

"Literary Gathering" Chinese Scroll Painting, c. 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an Late 20th-century reproduction of a famous Tang-dynasty scroll. The painti...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Chinese Pair of Poetic Calligraphy Scrolls by Luo Er Dong Zhuang
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Pair of Calligraphy Scrolls, vertical lines of calligraphy executed in a light style, right reading: “Moon Rises and the Candle has no Effect” and the left reading: “Wind Ris...
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20th Century Chinese Other Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting depicts several generations of family, dressed in intricately-detailed and brilliantly...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

Materials

Linen

Chinese Export Trade Painting Depicting ‘the Tea Shop', Chinoiserie Chique
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A refined Chinese export painting depicting ‘The Tea shop’ Canton, early 19th century Ink and watercolour on silk, H. 63.5 x W. 52.3 cm Framed in giltwood frame. ?The paintin...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Chinese Carved Lapis Lazuli Scholar Stone
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese scholar rock carved from a natural lapis stone and displayed on a brocade wrapped stand circa late 19th century Qing Dynasty. The brightly blue lapis was considered as am e...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

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