Copper Paintings and Screens

Balinese Painting; Artwork; 1980s; Balinese Art; Bali; Folk Art; Balinese painting, dating from the 1980s. Balinese art has traditionally called upon religion (Hinduism), people, and the island itself. Bali’s art...

Huang Gang (Chinese b. 1961) a monumental painting done in Chinese lacquer and mineral pigment on board, signed "Huang Gang, 2003". In good condition with a...

A wonderful Tibetan bronze seated buddha on a lotus pedestal from the 19th century. This buddha features a lovely age related patina as well as rich detailing.

Diminutive Chinese bronze metal Buddha sculpture depicted sitting. Beautifully crafted in the Ming style with intricate details. The bronze has a rich patinated finish with verdigris.

3-1060 Pair hand carved soapstone panels.

Impressive modern style Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting a flock of wild geese in flight over a stylized background. Delicate ink pig...

Striking and decorative tall wall panels carved and gilt with overall openwork large scrolled acanthus leaves in relief, each leaf with raised ribs edg...

A beautiful, hand-painted oil on canvas depicting river scene in Spring. The background is a gorgeous blush color, with the mountain rocks in rust oran...

Chinese screen in hard stones, early 1900s, China Consisting of 4 facades, it presents hard stone figures on the front and on the back d...

19th/20th c., Antique hand-carved Japanese ramna panels depicting landscapes of black pine trees, temples, mountains and clouds. Likely carved from yaku cedar in the Osaka tradition of chokokuranma (carved transom), these are double sided three-dimensional landscape designs. The design is mirrored on each side of the panel. Ranma panels...

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hibiscus in Bloom, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of hibiscus flowers reaching for the sun in full bloom. Mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocad...

Tanaka Tessen (b.1890) Dahlias and Roosters Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting. Mineral pigments and ink on silk. Dimensions (framed): H. 159 cm x W. 97 cm x D. 2.5 cm (62.5” x 38” x 1”) An ornate and complex composition in which the artist explores almost the entire painting surface. The coloration is bold and evocative and the tinted silk ground recreates the warm golden glow of sunset. Soft, luminous brushwork details the black feathers of the roosters, which seem to cloud and blur in counterpoint to the sharper points of the eyes and beaks. Their brilliant red combs balance the composition, echoing the rich burgundy hues of the dahlias; the flowers exquisite and lifelike. Dahlias were an exotic subject favored by painters of the Taisho era. The painting belongs to the school of Kyoto Nihonga, exemplifying the principles of decorative elegance and consumate brush technique with which it was intimately associated. Painters of the time relied on the Shijo school method, basing the forms of the composition from life sketches. Sometimes they were then integrated with elements derived from Chinese bird and flower...