Pair of Very Early Temple Calligraphy Panels

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy. Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground an...

Japanese two-panel screen: gold leaf on paper. 19th century gold leaf mounted to mulberry paper. Unlike other gold screens, this screen was made with early 19th century heavy gold leaf which gives it a special luster. This type of screen was often used as a backdrop for flower arranging, or sculptures. No...

Pair of antique Japanese Buddhist temple headdress and necklace ornaments. Gilt bronze with decorative stones and beads, and intricate metalw...

Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku sai.

Okinawa paintings are few and far between and have different colors and textures from other Japanese screens. Vibrant mineral pigments on a soft ground of mulberry paper, signature a...

A scene from the 12th century Heike wars. Ruler Taira Shigehira ordered an attack on those who opposed his rule. During the battle, Nanto Temple, in Nara, was burned to the ground. T...

Rare and remarkable set of ten 19th century Japanese calligraphy prints on paper executed in a woodblock technique and presented under glass in a gi...

A pair of very fine, large Italian Pietra Dura marquetry panels Italian, 19th century Measures: Panels: height 64cm, width 53cm, depth 2cm Frames: height 88cm, width 77cm, depth 6cm Comprising black marble panels of oval form, set with semi precious stones, these exceptional panels are inlaid to depict a bouquet of flowers in antique vases...

A large & Important Islamic Mid-19th Century wooden panel, decorated with a falcon and Quranic calligraphy, Deccan, Circa 1850. Please note an almost identical panel sold at Sotheby's Lot # 208 "Art of Imperial India" Sale Number L13502, October 9th 2013, London, for 25,000 GBP ($40,500). The large rectangular panel with traces of painted decoration, featuring an eagle formed as a calligraphic design carved in deep relief, the lower part of the frame carved with twin-lotus motifs, the upper part of the frame carved with a calligraphic inscription. The falcon is made up with the "Nada 'ali" quatrain and the calligraphy in the frame border are from the Holy Qur'an, chapter II (al-baqara), part of the verse 197 repeated twice with the beginning of it as the third repeat. The panel is most likely Deccan from the Islamic people located in the ancient cosmopolitan region of Southern India. The panel is in remarkable condition, slight rubbing & weathering to the surface and traces of old painted decoration as noted earlier in this description. The panel is very large and substantial in it's construction and is ready to hang & adorn your wall. A rare and large Islamic art panel...

Antique framed prayer / poem / manuscript book page from the Shahnameh epic featuring Persian / Arabic / Iranian / Islamic calligraphy arranged in geometric lattice design. The Sh...

A Chinese architectural wood temple panel from the 19th century, with floral carvings. Attracting our attention with its skillfully executed motifs, this Chinese temple architectural panel features a simple cornice sitting above extremely detailed floral motifs. Organized in a geometric manner, flowers and foliage adorn the façade with their delicate presence. Placed anywhere in a home, perhaps above a bed or a sofa, this Chinese temple carving...

Pair of 1819 engravings by Rossini of Roman Temple of Vesta.