Pair of Japanese Emperor and Empress Framed Paintings

Alfred Julio Jensen (Guatemalan/American, 1903-1981), "Yucatec", Oil on Canvas, 1969, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed with remnants of Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery label to verso. ...

Impressionistic nautical motif oil on canvas painting depicting an ocean side seascape landscape with boats, signed illegibly to lower right, with a white mat and housed in a hardwoo...

Ilfracombe, Lantern Hill, Hillsborough, (British School, early 20th Century), Watercolor on Paper, apparently unsigned. Provenance: From a New York City collection.

M. V. Bouttet (XX), Untitled Still Life, Watercolor on Paper, signed lower right. Provenance: From a New York City collection. Provenance: From a New York City collection.

Two framed panels by Yamamoto Shunkyo depicting a carp (koi) leaping from a river. Ink and gold leaf on paper. Instinctively brushed in a freehand s...

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...

An ink painting on the fan surface by Japanese Zen artist Hidaka Tetsuo (1791-1871), now framed in a traditional Japanese carved wood frame with silk fabric mat and decorative hangin...

A large and incredible Japanese painting of a Buddhist temple hall with Amida Nyorai, late Edo or early Meiji period, mid-19th century, Japan. Mounted wit...