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Place of Origin: Asian
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, circa 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Mid-20th Century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. This textile painting is stre...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pomegranate Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
With various flowers, manderin ducks and garden stone accented with gold leaf on ground surface. Nagasaki School Painting.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
Located in London, GB
A Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
C.1850
Depicting Court Figures in Imperial Dress
Framed and gla...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Chinese Portraits in Red Painted & Gilt Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chinese Portraits in Red Painted & Gilt Frames.
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in Norton, MA
A charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting a noblewoman within a courtyard setting with a kid who is holding a lotus, walkin...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Chinese Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in Essex, MA
Each nicely painted in reverse. One depicting a boy playing a flute to a terrapin in a sea and the other a man in a sea rising over a man floating in a shell. Carved wood frames.
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Lovely Pair Nihonga Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan Artist Matsumura Keibun Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Early summer rice planting and poultry drawing drawn by Keibun Matsumura As you can see, there are two folding screens.
It
is an interesting work that shows the bird's figure flyin...
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Early 19th Century Edo Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful white chrysanthemums are emphasized by heavy gold on a soft floral landscape, while gold clouds create a striking and dream-like floral scene. Gold leaf and gofun with min...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Painting Framed on Jute 'Lovers Dance'
Located in Milano, IT
Antique and very rare Japanese painting made in the early 1900s by a fine Japanese manufacturer.
The painting has a rectangular brass frame with rounded corners. Internally we see a...
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Early 1900s Anglo-Japanese Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Folding Screen, circa 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A japenese folding screen with gold leaf circa 1940.
Size is
H 183
W 164 cm.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Screen "the Song of Everlasting Sorrow"
Located in PARIS, FR
Six-panels screen depicting the exit from the city of a Chinese emperor on horseback and his concubine in a luxurious palanquin.
It may be a scene illustrating the poem The Song ...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
Chinese Reverse Glass Table Screen with Floral Still Life, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to sectio...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna Playing His Flute
Located in Morristown, NJ
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...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
19th Century Painting of Men in Armory in Gilt Burl Frame, from Laos or Thailand
Located in Lomita, CA
The setting, the detail, and the sense of conflict and mystery make this painting compelling. There is a contrast throughout the painting of softness and a hard edge. The trees and t...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Burl
Pair of Chinese Hand Carved Jade and Wood Table Screens
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century pair of Chinese hand carved oval jade and hard stone table screens with wood stands. They depict a semitransparent large egg sh...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Jade
Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigmen...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Phoenix & Paulownia
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the seasons
Pheasants & Plum in Snow
Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Kano Chikanobu 1819-1888
Signature...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Burmese Temple Painting on Tin
Located in New York, NY
A large, beautiful and very unusual antique Burmese temple painting on tin. This Buddhist painting displays seven figures against a stunning backgrou...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Tin
19th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Screen, 6 Panel Set
Located in Madrid, ES
Exceptionally decorative set of six 18th century Qing Dynasty Chinese red and gold lacquer panels, originally from a twelve panel screen. Fortunate...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Wood, Lacquer
Meiji Period Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Birds by Hasegawa Gyokujun
Located in Kyoto, JP
One hundred birds
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921)
Meiji period, circa 1900.
Ink, color and gofun on silk.
Dimensions of each screen:
H. 170 cm x W. 190 cm (67’’ x 75”)
Despite the title, well over 100 birds are represented in this pair of two-fold Japanese screens (the title functions figuratively to convey the idea of a large number). The monumental work is rendered with a comprehensive and highly complex composition which is exquisitely executed and meticulously colored. More a celebration of naturalism than the traditional “One Hundred Birds” paintings which originated in China. This was a subject matter known for its auspicious meaning as much as its actual depiction of nature. These paintings generally had a phoenix (occasionally peacocks) placed in the center, and the other birds paying homage to it.
In this quintessentially Japanese scene painted by Gyokujun, a couple of long-tailed birds modeled after paradise flycatchers are included; these are traditional auspicious motifs in Oriental bird and flower painting and denote themes such as celebration and enduring generations. In addition there is the playful inclusion of single exotic parrot. Even so, the vast majority of the birds and flowers are native to Japan. Reading the scene from right to left, from spring through to autumn, the overwhelming sense is one of movement and haste. It is almost as if the birds are in a race, with the fleetest leading the way forward. Although these native birds were commonly drawn amongst artists of the Shijo school, rarely were they painted with such drama and dynamism. It is not strictly a depiction of sketched birds whose manner was faithfully handed down through the traditions of the Shijo school. Rather we see Gyokujun seeking and achieving new expressions in the heart of the turbulent Meiji period.
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921) was born in Kyoto. He was the eldest son of Hasegawa Gyokuho, a Shijo school painter who studied under Matsumura Keibun. Gyokujun studied painting under his father and became a prominent member of the Kyoto painti
ng world from a young age. In 1891 he established the ‘Young Painters Social Club’ along with Takeuchi Seiho, Miyake Gogyo and Taniguchi Kokyo. Also in 1891 he was selected as a judge of the Great Private Paintings Exhibition along with Takeuchi Seiho, Yamamoto Shunkyo...
Category
Early 1900s Meiji Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Set of Twelve Chinese Gouache Paintings in Bamboo Frames
Located in Bradenton, FL
Set of twelve early 20th century Chinese Gouache paintings depicting everyday life of various craftsmen. Examples are a barber, food vendors, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pearlescent Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring an idyllic seascape with beauties. The background is comprised of pearlescent crystal sand that shines like glitter ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Tagasode, 'Whose Sleeves?'
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Brilliant Japanese Showa period two-panel screen depicting a women's kimono draped over a parcel-gilt lacquered garment rack. Japanese Tagasode or "whose sleeves" is a provocative poetry theme inviting viewers to speculate as to the robes...
Category
20th Century Showa Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
17th Century Japanese Screen. Ink Plum Tree & Birds by Kano Naonobu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Naonobu (1607-1650)
Plum Tree and Birds
Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on paper.
In this evocative ink work spread over a six-panel folding screen, we see the consummation of the elegance and refinement of the Edo Kano school. This 17th century screen is a rare surviving example of a large-scale bird and flower painting by Kano Naonobu, the younger brother of Kano Tanyu...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Taoist Ceremonial Scroll Painting, circa 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painted scroll is a Taoist ceremonial painting attributed to the Yao or Mien minority culture of southern China, northern Vietnam and other neighboring regions. The sma...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Early Yi Dynasty Korean Painted Triptych on Silk with Folklore Figures
Located in Milford, NH
A fine hand-painted three-panel triptych on fabric, possibly silk, featuring folklore scenes with figures, horses, and landscapes from the Yi dynasty of Kor...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Wood Block Printed Table Top Folding Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese small table top four panel folding screen.
Wood block print on paper.
First quarter 20th century.
Perfect to use as wall art.
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Tibetan Thangka of Yamantaka with Consort
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Tibetan Thangka with polychrome pigments on cloth, circa mid to late 19th century. It depicts Yamantaka, also known as Vajrabhairava, who is a wrathful manifestation of Manjusri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, and in other contexts he also functions as a dharmapala, or 'Dharma-protector'. The buffalo head deity Vajrabhairava is one of the three principal meditation deities of the Gelug School. He is shown with nine faces in the Yab Yum...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile
Chinese Antique Monumental Buddhist Wooden Pagoda Tower, 70 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
China antique monumental Wooden Pagoda, total height is 70 inches, hand carved and hand painted wood, seven hexagonal sections plus finial, late Qin...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Large Collotype Print by Ryunosuke Fukui 'from "Maiko" Series'
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A large print created by Ryunosuke Fukui, a highly acclaimed modernist artist from Japan who lived between 1923 and 1986. Fukui's art has been exhibited in many prestigious museums and galleries, and his works are included in the permanent collection of the Tokyo National Modern Art museum and other renowned institutions. This particular print is part of a limited edition series called "Maiko", which includes 200 sets featuring 10 collotype prints each. The print available is from the 100th edition, and it dates back to 1975. It measures 49.5 by 38.5 centimeters.
Ryonosuke Fukui...
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Mid-20th Century Showa Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-Divers-01 / Authentic Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Zürich, CH
This room diver is a fantastic piece. It is raw in its simplicity and additionally a very rare piece. Its usable as space separator. I love to put objects l...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Teak
20th Century Chinese Coromandel Black Gilt Eight-Panel Screen Immortals Sky Gods
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a monumental 8ft, eight panel room divider, circa the 20th century. This beautiful double-sided hardwood screen showcases a rich, black lacquer finish an...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Chinese Export Trade Painting Depicting ‘the Tea Shop', Chinoiserie Chique
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A refined Chinese export painting depicting ‘The Tea shop’
Canton, early 19th century
Ink and watercolour on silk, H. 63.5 x W. 52.3 cm
Framed in giltwood frame.
?The paintin...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Set of Six Chinese Canton Watercolors on Pith Paper Depicting Royals
Located in Bradenton, FL
A charming and rare set of six Chinese gouaches of male and female nobility in various costumes, with attendants, painted on pith paper. Beautifully framed and matted.
During the 18...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Tibetan Thangka Depicting the Bhavacakra, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Tibetan Thangka Depicting
The Bhavacakra
Early 20th century,
Color on cloth.
A thangka showing the bhavacakra
with the ancient five cyclic realms of samsara in Buddhi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
Chinese Ancestor Portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese ancestor portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary.
Antique tempera on paper painting of a Mandarin Dignitary wearing a red court dress and s...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a singular piece, a framed vintage Chinese gilt and inkwash miniature six-fold paper screen, that was possibly a salesman's sample, and it is beautiful.
This is from the la...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Giltwood
Chinese Six-Panel Rosewood Carved Lattice Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Chinese six-panel Rosewood carved lattice folding screen. Features intricate geometric patterns with Greek key motif. Each panel is 17.5 inches wide and has a contrasting o...
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20th Century Ming Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ming Dynasty Carved Table Screen
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare 16-17th cenury Ming Dynasty standing table screen. Untoched original condition.
Hand carved wood, the panel is carved with relief details depicting a dragon, cranes, mythical...
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Early 17th Century Ming Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Panoramic Mural Hand Painted Wallpaper on Scenic Paper, Accept Custom Size
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Plain Silver Leaf on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
(no image) With beautiful oxblood color lacquer frame with 19th century bronze mounts.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze, Silver Leaf
Landscape with Flowers, Japanese Folding Screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Six-panel screen of the "Rinpa school", painted with inks on gold leaf.
Colorful and sunny variety of flowers painted with great skill by an anonymous Japanese artist, who skilfully...
Category
Early 19th Century Meiji Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Two-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-panel screen from the early 20th century, with carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features ...
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Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Paresh Maity Watercolor on Board, Encounter I
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Paresh Maity Watercolor on Board – Encounter I.
This piece has impeccable Provenance!
It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Sotheby’s New York Auction on 18th September 2008. Lot No. 74.
Sotheby’s operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September.
This sale was titled “Modern & Contemporary Indian Art”.
The Lot consisted of a Group of 3 Watercolors by Babu Xavier, Paresh Maity and Ranjit Kurmi. (b.1960, b.1965, b.1970) Three Untitled Works.
Signed and dated ‘Paresh Maity ’02 lower right, watercolor and ink on paper. …. 5.6 x 3.6 (14 x 9 cm)”.
Exhibited: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Modern Indian Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, April 8 – June 11 2006.
The Provenance is given as: “Property of Private Maryland Collectors”.
The 3 watercolors carried an Auction estimate of USD 3,000 to USD 4,000 and Sold for USD 4,000 (not including Buyers Premium).
Allowing for inflation alone this would be over $7,000 in today’s value.
We have this watercolor by Paresh Maity and (listed separately) the Babu Xavier watercolor, but not the Ranjit Kurmi watercolor.
As an added bonus and proof of authenticity the painting still retains it’s original Sotheby’s Lot No. Label.
It has substantially increased in value over the years as a HIGHLY DESIRABLE piece from an exhibited and highly collected Modern Indian Master painter.
We also possess the Babu Xavier watercolor in our Collection!
Paresh Maity (born 1965) is an Indian painter...
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20th Century Modern Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Early Kano School painting of pine trees overlooking two beautifully painted cranes and floral design in a natural setting by water’s edge. Mineral pig...
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Late 18th Century Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful, large two-panel byôbu (room divider) with a serene painting of red-leaved bamboo and rocks on an oxidized silver leaf background. Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
On the left an inscription from a ‘Zekku’ poem by the Chinese poet Yang Zai (1271?1323), titled: Shan shang zhu (bamboo (painted) on a fan).
Translated as :
Why would people plant a lot of bamboos?
The shade of a single culm is also beautiful.
In the autumn night it rocks on the wind,
And the fresh sound echoes in my dream.
Dated: Shôwa, the year kôshin (1938). Signature unknown...
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Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Other, Silver Leaf
Large Collotype Print by Ryunosuke Fukui 'from "Maiko" Series'
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A large print created by Ryunosuke Fukui, a highly acclaimed modernist artist from Japan who lived between 1923 and 1986. Fukui's art has been exhibited in many prestigious museums and galleries, and his works are included in the permanent collection of the Tokyo National Modern Art museum and other renowned institutions. This particular print is part of a limited edition series called "Maiko", which includes 200 sets featuring 10 collotype prints each. The print available is from the 100th edition, and it dates back to 1975. It measures 49.5 by 38.5 centimeters.
Ryonosuke Fukui...
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Mid-20th Century Showa Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Chinese Watercolour on Silk Paintings, China, c.1940
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese watercolour on silk paintings, China, C.1940.
Framed in its original silk brocade border.
Presented unframed.
In exce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Vintage Japanese Fine Art Painting Water Lillies Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
A fine Japanese Fine Art drawing of water lilies by Toru Suzuki
Acrylic Crayon mixed media,
Beautiful and elegant example
Ex Gallery Kabtoya Tok...
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20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Babu Xavier Watercolor on Paper Bird & Woman
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GLORIOUS Contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Babu Xavier Watercolor on Paper Bird & Woman .
This piece has impeccable...
Category
20th Century Modern Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique hanging scroll of Japanese cat/Late Edo-Meiji period/Cat painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a picture of a cat drawn by a person named "Toshizumi Nitta" from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period.
She is a very simple and cute cat.
He is a vassal of the Tokugawa Shogunate, born in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture (southern part of Gunma Prefecture).
He was related to the Tokugawa family and lived in a large mansion in the Ota clan in Gunma prefecture.
However, the Nitta family's territory was very small, and they were by no means a wealthy vassal.
He seems to have lived quite poorly.
So he painted cats and sold them to people.
The Nitta family continued to draw pictures of this cat for four generations.
"Nitta toshizumi" is equivalent to the fourth generation.
During the Edo period, sericulture was thriving in the Kanto region.
Cats were said to be the gods of silkworms, as they drive away mice, the natural enemies of silkworms.
It was the Nitta family who drew such a cat on paper, pasted it in the silkworm chamber, and sold it as a mouse repellent.
There were also other monks who painted pictures of cats, but the Nitta family in particular was related to the Tokugawa family, so people believed that paintings of cats had special powers. , a lot of paintings...
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Late 19th Century Edo Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Egrets in Flight
Located in Hudson, NY
A siege of Egrets glide along the warm golden backdrop. Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper with lacquered wood trim.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Antique Taisho Period Tanzaku Woodblock Print of Heron at Twilight by Seiko
By Seiko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Taisho period Japanese woodblock print.
Depicting a swooping heron above a riverbed with a thin sliver of a crescent moon in the background.
By Seikо̄. Seikо̄ is tho...
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Early 20th Century Taisho Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Three Friends of Winter
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871)
Late Edo period, circa 1850
Ink and gold leaf on paper.
This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid 19th century; bamboo and plum on the front, young pines the back. It by Nakajima Raisho, a master painter of the Maruyama school in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. In this work Raisho combines exquisite ink brushwork with large open spaces of brilliant gold-leaf to inspire the viewers imagination. Rather than naturalism, he is searching for the phycological impression of the motifs, resulting in abstraction and stylization. His simplification of the motifs the result of looking to capture the inner nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter. Evergreen pine connotes steadfastness, bamboo suggests both strength and flexibility, while plum blossoms unfurling on snow-laden branches imply hardiness. Combined, this trio is emblematic of Japanese new year. Chinese literati were the first to group the three plants together due to their noble characteristics. Like these resilient plants flowering so beautifully in winter, it was expected of the scholar-gentleman to cultivate a strong character with which he would be able to show the same degree of perseverance and steadfastness even during times of adverse conditions.
The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdrop behind the tea utensils. It would have been used in the Hatsugama, or first tea-ceremony of the new year.
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) originally studied under Watanabe Nangaku before entering the school of Maruyama Ozui. He was the highest ranking Maruyama school painter at the end of the Edo period and was known as one of the ‘Four Heian Families’ along with Kishi...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Pair of Hand Painted Posters of King and Queen Sitting on Throne
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinese Pair of hand painted Posters of King and Queen Sitting on Throne.
Category
Early 2000s Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Sun and Cresting Waves Through Maple
Located in Hudson, NY
Maple, sun and waves in mineral pigments on gold leaf.
Category
1950s Vintage Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary Chinese Ink Wash Painting by Li Jin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary ink painting on paper by Chinese artist Li Jin (1958-) presented in a white shadowbox frame. Entitled in English "Morning Practice in California", this series of work was painted in 2017 when the artist resided in US. The Chinese title inscription is "Blossom Branch" with artist's name signed in both Chinese and English. The painting is considered "Expressionistic-abstract". Using only various shades of ink, the poetic work depicts a large lotus flower with the pistil in the center composed of clusters of mediating arhats, the beings who have gained nirvana through Buddhism practice (known as Luohans in Chinese). There is a strong association of lotus flower and purity in Buddhism. The wisdom one can possibly achieve may be considered omnipresent and morphogenetical quantum and be part of everything around us. The image size is 13.5" x 13.5".
Provenance: Purchased in 2017 from the Ink Studio at West Bund Art and Design Fair, Shanghai, China.
Li Jin (1958-, Tianjin, China) is an ink master who draws from the tradition of Chinese literati ink painting and creates contemporary works celebrating all aspects of everyday life. Having explored color washes for two decades, Li Jin has translated them into a masterful control of tonality-the "five colors of ink"-in a series of monochrome paintings in the expressionistic-abstract "Da Xie Yi" manner. Through the ink medium's inherent sensitivity and ambiguity, they evoke the nuances of human existence and raise profound questions about self-representation and subjectivity. Trained at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (graduated in 1983) and has been a leading figure in contemporary Chinese ink art...
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2010s Modern Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
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Lacquer Seal
Silk Asian Set
Chinese Bird Painting
Japanese Art Of Cranes
Japanese Hand Painted Bird Art
Small Wood Screen
Pair Of Japanese Panels
Bird In A Bamboo
Japanese Lacquered Screen
Antique Japanese Painting On Silk
Black Lacquer Gold Panels