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Chinese Export Butterfly Pith Paintings, Complete Set of 12

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    This is a wonderful example of a Meiji Period screen painting of Japanese Tanuki or racoon dogs in a landscape. The Tanuki is considered to be a mythical creature Japanese culture. T...
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  • Pair Chinese Export Green Parrots
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    This is a late 19th century pair of the iconic Chinese "Green Parrots". The pair is in good condition considering its more than 100 years of use. This pai...
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    Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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  • 18th Century Painting of Cherub/Putti
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    This is a charming painting of a cherub with an arm extending forward, perhaps hold out a bouquet of flowers. The painting dates to the mid-18th century and is probably cut from a la...
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  • Spanish Colonial Cuzco Painting of Archangel Michael
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    This is a very good Spanish Colonial, Cuzco School (Cuzqueno) painting of the Archangel Michael. The painting appears to have little or no restorations and, as such, is in remarkable condition. We have chosen to leave that painting as found as the patina highlights the depth and character of the painting. We have listed separately two complementary larger paintings of the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Michael acquired from the same estate. The Cuzco school is a Peruvian Spanish Colonial religious artistic tradition in which Incan spirituality was incorporated into Catholic iconography. These Peruvian paintings incorporate artistic forms that distinguish Cuzqueno paintings from other Spanish Colonial artistic traditions. The Jesuit order, arriving in the mid-16th century, was the principal Catholic order whose mission it was to convert the Inca to Christianity and introduce Christian iconography and European type painting techniques to the Inca capital of Cuzco. Cuzco School paintings...
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    Antique Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings

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  • Japanese Kyoto Embroidered Screen
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    This is a finely stitched Kyoto embroidery screen that dates to the Meiji Era (1868 - 1912). Kyoto has been celebrated for its skilled artistic embro...
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  • Wade Reynolds Painting
    Located in Pasadena, CA
    Interesting Wade Reynolds oil-on-canvas of a male nude that dates to the 1960s. The painting retains its original midcentury frame. The painting has been...
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