A. Bouverat Furniture

Tall Art Deco cabinet in solid mahogany and burr mahogany with 4 doors opening to 2 storage compartments, patinated nickel-plated metal handles. French polish. France circa 1930.

Chinese painting by Qu Jian Xiong Fantastic original painting by noted Chinese artist Qu Jian Xiong. Original mixed media with paints and inks. Dimensions 23" x 23". The fra...

Cabinet, oak, brass, France, 1930s This French cabinet from the 1930s is crafted in oak, it features strong geometric lines and finely worked surfaces. The fluted panels framing the...

A handsome French Art Deco shelving unit. Five rosewood veneer cupboards topped with a chrome framed hessian trim glass shelving cabinet. The centre...

Impressive Chinese late Qing dynasty four panel folding coromandel screen featuring carved soapstone. The lacquered panels are decorated with idyllic scenes of beauties in a pagoda p...

A wonderfully charming large and colorful Chinese hand painted wallpaper section in a carved and shaped hardwood frame. The wallpaper dates to the first half of the 20th century or e...

Exceptional quality piece of furniture in rosewood, (Palissandre) Art Deco period, standing on a base ending by four rectangular feet each one encased in a nickel plated metal parts. Two thick metal rings on each front doors. This piece is an authentic antique furniture...

This Art Deco cabinet is crafted from solid oak with a dark-stained finish that highlights the natural wood grain. Cylindrical Lucite handles add a subtle modern touch typical of lat...

Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947) Wagtail & Chrysanthemum Early 20th century Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf. Sign: Koyo Seal: Koyo This ...

This cabinet represents a typical French workmanship of the 1940s, conceived in the spirit of late Art Deco as it gradually transitioned toward modernism. Its architectural compositi...

Incredible Art Deco bar cabinet from France, 1930s. Beautiful walnut with bookmatched pattern. Lift-top lid with drop front panel supported by interior brass stays. Lower cabinet and...

Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino. Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...