Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Children Playing in Garden

An elegant Chinese brush painting of landscape, scholars practicing arts in the mountains, 19th century ink and color on paper Conservation framed Overall size: 46.5" height. 20" w...

refined Chinese brush painting of landscape, scholars playing game of Go in bamboo grove. ink and color on silk, 19 century The first photo has some vertical reflections on the plex...

refined Chinese brush painting of landscape, scholars practicing arts in garden, ink and color on silk, 19th century Conservation framed Overall size with framed: 58.5" height 28...

refined Japanese brush painting of a wedding procession. ink and color on rice paper Conservation framed

Chinese Painting of Horsemen playing Game with Sticks, Late 19th Century

Anonymous Kano school artist 17th century "Karako Asobi: Chinese Children at Play" A two-panel Japanese Furosaki screen. Ink, pigment, gofun and gold-leaf on paper. This small Japanese Karako folding screen vividly depicts various games played by children wearing wearing elaborate Chinese T'ang dynasty costumes. They are dressed in plumed and tasseled hats, ornate jackets, baggy pants, and cloth slippers typical of T'ang period Chinese court dress. The children are depicted pulling a younger child along in a cart, carrying another child as if an important official, riding a wooden horse, leading a puppy and carrying a tethered bird. Executed in fine-quality pigments on gold leaf, the detail, variety and size of the figures is noteworthy. Also notable is the size of this screen itself, which denotes it as a Furosaki screen. A Furosaki screen is part of the equipment used for the Japanese tea-ceremony. It is traditionally placed on tatami mats behind the brazier highlighting the utensils and providing a focal point. Karako is a Japanese term used in art with the depiction of Chinese children playing...

Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...

Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna playing is flute with Radha and female Gopis gathered by his side. The colors, details and facial ex...