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Item Ships From: USA
Period: Early 20th Century
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Wall Art Plaque Framed and Signed
Located in Toledo, OH
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Wall Art Plaque Framed and Signed. circa 20th century. Two birds looking down at a nest of fledglings in a tree. The tree ...
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Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Porcelain

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Winter into Spring Floral Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
With nandin, narcissus and chrysanthemums. Signature and seal read: Koun. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

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, ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paint

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo and Manchurian Crane
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano style painting in mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocade border.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Verre Eglomise Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Verre Eglomise Chinese Export reverse glass painting. Beautiful Chinese reverse glass painting of two women in a Chinese garden with a scroll. This painting is particularly vibrant and exquisite in color and detail. The wood frame painting...
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Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: A Boy and His Shiba Dog on Temple Grounds
Located in Hudson, NY
Artist: Katsumi Aizu, who won many awards at Inten Exhibition. Ink and mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

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...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Framed Japanese Portrait of a Buddhist Priest by Goro Kamenaga
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gouache on silk painting of a Buddhist priest by Japanese painter Goro Kamenaga (1890-1955). The highly realistic painting depicts a figure in seate...
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Japanese Meiji Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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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...
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Burmese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Tin

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.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Burmese Kalaga Tapestry
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautifully embroidered with glass beads, metallic wrapped thread, metal sequins and beads, this tapestry seems to come to life with its rows of dancing women and mythical creatures....
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Burmese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Temples Through Misty Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Temples Through Misty Forest. Chinese School landscape ink painting on gilded silk by Yukimatsu Shunpo, signed and dated 1924. Yukimatsu Shunpo was born in...
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Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Silk

Antique Signed Asian Watercolor on Paper Scroll Bird on Cherry Blossom Branch
Located in Dayton, OH
Signed antique Asian watercolor on paper minimalist painting showing a bird perched on the branch of a flowering cherry tree. Mounted on a blue wall ...
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Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paint, Paper

Framed Painting on Silk, Harbor at Night By: Chiga Saku
Located in Hudson, NY
Pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Chiga saku (Acid free mounting with UV plexiglass) Painting dimentions: 59" H x 34" W, overall dimentions: 63 1/4" H x 38 1/2" W.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A vibrantly colored Tibetan Thangka of a multi armed Deity, Tibet Circa 1900, framed in a gold tone frame under glass, Measures: 28 inches tall, 30.75 inches wide.
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Tibetan Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric

Antique Signed Asian Watercolor on Silk Landscape Figure Scroll Cherry Blossom
Located in Dayton, OH
Signed antique Asian watercolor on silk landscape painting showing a small waterfall over a creek, topped with a tree and a woman carrying a b...
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Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paint

Antique Taisho Period Tanzaku Woodblock Print of Heron at Twilight 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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Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Lotus Leaves and Blossoms
Located in Hudson, NY
A lotus scene with flowers in bloom floating on the water's surface. As the lotus rise from below for an enlightening process that brings an abundance of purity and beauty. Mineral p...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Early 20th C Chinese Linhai Painted Panel in Green Tones
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Linhai wood panel with hand painted scene in green and fuchsia tones of a flowering tree with a bird. Painted black scrolled border and red edge. Decorative brass hanger at the top. Panel measures 38.5” high without brass hanging hardware.
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Japanese Tree Sparrows on Stacks of Bailed Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Sparrows ravish freshly harvested rice, drying on stakes, beyond wild chrysanthemum. Mineral pigments on silk. Signed in the lower left corner, signature reads: Soetsu. With a simple...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer, Silk

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Harbor Scene in a Modernist View
Located in Hudson, NY
Bountiful mountain overlooking a city, divided by an occupied river. The shapes and colors that make up this unique painting allow for an unconventional take on a modern harbor view....
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Brass

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Wading Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
In Japan, it is a Shinto belief that the deer is a treasured and sacred animal. This admirable scene captures this gentle creature in its natural habitat with beautiful detail in bot...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Lacquer

Japanese Vintage Tea Ceremony Bronze Tea Bell
Located in South Burlington, VT
A one-of-a-kind rare tea ceremony accessory discovered from our recent Japanese acquisitions travels. Seldom seen and with lovely sound. This is an extraordinary opportunity to...
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Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks Among Dry Lotus
Located in Hudson, NY
Natural scene of Mandarin ducks gliding gracefully amongst the water. Mineral pigments on silk with silk brocade border and natural wood trim. Seal reads: Kei.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Chinese Two Panel Carved Painted Screen Bone Wood 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Chinese carved wood and bone 2 panel screen.
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Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Bone, Hardwood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowering Vines and Wisteria
Located in Hudson, NY
Wisteria represents sentiments of love and longevity as vibrant floral colors dance dramatically amongst the two panels. Mineral pigments on Mulberry paper with a natural wood trim....
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Set of Four Japanese Reverse Paintings
Located in Locust Valley, NY
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass

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.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Bronze, Silver Leaf

Set of Five Antique Chinese Watercolors on Silk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing set of five Chinese watercolor paintings on silk depicting men occupied in their trades, executed in a soft delicate technique and presented under glass in four wood frame...
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Red Maple and Flowers on Gold Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa Floral Scene with Chrysanthemum, Morning Glories and Blue Bell Flowers. Pigment on gilded silk, signature and seal read: Hattori Shunyo. Bold colors and strong design elements combined with the trademark tarashikomi (diluted elements created when water is applied to the surface before or after pigments causing them to diffuse) exhibit the artists deep devotion to this important Japanese painting tradition. Notes about artist: Hattori Shunyo (b. 1883) was an artist from Kyoto who graduated the (now) Kyoto Municipal University of Art and fell under the circle of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: White Tiger Grotto
Located in Hudson, NY
A mysterious passageway with natural rocky detail as the scene drifts deep into the darkness. Dyed fabric mounted with a natural wood trim. Signed on back and lower right corner. Sig...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Wood

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Peonies and Young Growth on Gold Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa floral scene. Pigment on gilded silk, signature and seal read: Hattori Shunyo. Bold colors and strong design elements combined with the trademark tarashikomi (diluted elements created when water is applied to the surface before or after pigments causing them to diffuse) exhibit the artists deep devotion to this important Japanese painting tradition. Notes about artist: Hattori Shunyo (b. 1883) was an artist from Kyoto who graduated the (now) Kyoto Municipal University of Art and fell under the circle of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sun over Cresting Waves with Golden Clouds
Located in Hudson, NY
Sun rising over cresting waves through tropical trees. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold dust and brocade.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Autumn Flowers and Moon on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Mountains in the Mist with Tree-Lined Foothills
Located in Hudson, NY
Verdant landscape of mountains and rolling foothills shrouded in mist. Mineral pigments on silk with gold dust. Raw silk backing.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Taoist Immortals, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially work backwards, starting with details and shading before adding color and form. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effect, this exacting technique doesn't allow for any corrections, and is only revealed to its full effect when the glass pane is turned around. This example dates to the late 19th century and depicts the Taoist immortals He Xiangu and Cao Guojiu. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, the Eight Immortals each represent a different condition in life and impart blessings of prosperity and longevity. The charming scene is likely one of a set of...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Clouds of Golden Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Bunrei-Ga.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Peace & Prosperity
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 20th C Chinese Linhai Painted Panel
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Chinese wood panel from the Linhai region features a hand painted scene of birds in a flowering tree. Brass hanger at the top. Unknown ar...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Four Panel Screen, Snowy Mountain Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Hinoki (Japanese red pine) and other deciduous trees in mineral pigments on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Yosui.
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Four Chinese Hardwood and Mother of Pearl Inlaid Panels
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of four antique Chinese decorative panes with mother of pear inlay. The panels with floral and branch with various birds hand inlaid into a hardwood panel. The four panels may ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo with Calligraphy Poem
Located in Hudson, NY
Moon and bamboo in ink on gold paper with red and black lacquered negoro frame. (Meiji period) Calligraphy reads: Beauty in ink painting with standing woods and branches, like in par...
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Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Lattice Window Panel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century lattice window panel likely originated in a northern Chinese home with neutral and balanced interiors. The geometric lattice pattern is linear and open, and was designed to allow light and air into a room while maintaining privacy. Assembled by carefully joining long strips of carved wood, this lattice window has an even, squared pattern that reveals a large diamond formation. Crafted of pine wood, we love this vintage lattice...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Pine

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sheep Resting under Grape Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Soft mineral pigments on silk with brocade border. Signature and seal read: Jyogyu
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Japanese Antique Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk

Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting of a Royalty Related Couple with Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the early 20th century of a royalty related couple with dragon motifs painted on a linen canvas. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty in the early years of the 20th century, this custom framed painting depicts a couple wearing either a red (a symbol of luck in China) or green robe. The depiction of dragons relates them to the Imperial family, but having four claws and not five as codified, the couple is likely part of the royal family, not the Imperial couple themselves. Accented with typical motifs such as bats, flaming pearls and rain-filled clouds, the robes are filled with symbols. Wearing ornate headdresses, the couple is sitting on elegant chairs. Set inside custom made frames, the paintings show great signs of age. While the entire piece measures 40.5"W x 1"D x 53"H, the painting itself is 36.5"W x 49". With its vivid colors and interesting subject, this Chinese Qing Dynasty painting...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Plexiglass

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up white areas. Lacquer on wood. Writing reads: Lacquer Screen By Izumi Atsuhiko. It was ...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Shell, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Zen Calligraphy Character Cloud
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868 - 1912) calligraphy painting. Abstract character reads: Kumo (cloud). Seal on the upper right reads Shogazen, seal on the upper left reads Hosai. Ink on mulberr...
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Eight-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two part eight-panel wooden screen from the early 20th century, with low-relief carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features a brown lacquered ground accented with dark red highlights, and adorned with low-relief-carved motifs in its upper section, depicting scrolling cartouches with central rosettes. Each panel showcases a vertical organization of gilded calligraphy in the center, followed by an horizontal section with scrollwork surrounding a central medallion. The lower part is adorned with additional motifs carved in low relief, depicting either vases, birds and flowers, fishes or monkeys. The ensemble is completed by meanders creating a perfect visual punctuation. The screen is currently made of two parts with four panels each. Boasting a nicely distressed patina, this early 20th century Chinese eight-panel carved wooden...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

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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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Early 20th Century Mongolian Vivid Small Thangka, 7845
Located in Ukiah, CA
One of the most vivid small Thangkas I have ever owned. Purchased from a wealthy Mongolian collector along with 3 other fine small Thangkas in the 1990's from his very best personal pieces as a thank you for a long friendship. Painted thangka is 6.75 x 9 inches, frame is 13 x 15 1/8 inches. Custom mat and frame, with museum glass and silk matting. Exquisite. Not inexpensive for a small Thangka, but you won't find better. Probably early to mid 20th century (in reality many of the Mongolian Thangkas sold in the west as 19thC are early 20thC, as the environment there causes cloth and paper to usually soil, darken and degrade. The number of truly early Thangkas that are bright and clean are very few. Even most of the early/mid 20th Cones show great wear and soiling. This one almost sure lived all of its life in a large Gau box or in a drawer or trunk, as the colors look as bright as the day it was painted. It was very difficult 20 years ago to find pieces like this- today is nearly impossible. Many of my pieces like this end up...
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Mongolian Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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Chinese Folk Art Vintage Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

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.
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Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Antique Six-Panel Folding Screen with Stained Glass Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique six-panel folding screen from the early 20th century, with green, blue and yellow stained glass, geometric motifs and wooden panels. Created in China during the first half of the 20th century, this large folding screen features six panels each adorned with a careful arrangement of opaque octagonal motifs surrounded by colorful stained glass with scrolling or textured motifs. The lower section is made of delicately raised panels surrounded by recessed accents. Folding screens likely originate back to the Han Dynasty, circa 200 BC as evidence in tombs shows. The Chinese considered screens as objects of contemplation and a source of spiritual and creative inspiration. The screens were used to protect from drafts, to provide a sense of privacy or to simply partition a room. With its nice proportions and complimenting colors, this Chinese antique stained glass folding screen...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Stained Glass, Wood

Superb and Architectural Chinese Carved Wood and Glass Four-Panel Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Provenance: Christie’s. The panels with carved figural vignettes- floral vines at the top, the bottom with small ones with figures at various tasks in landscapes with houses, the lar...
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Asian Qing Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

"Unai No Tomo" Early 20th C. Japanese Illustrated Toy Books, Volumes #2, #3, #4
Located in Norton, MA
Early 20th century Japanese illustrated toy books. "Unai No Tomo". Ca. 1911. 3 volumes from the larger set. Each volume includes numerous color woodblock illustrations of various toy...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis. Pichhwai Hindu Painting of Krishna and Radha framed under glass. Kris...
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Indian Folk Art Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Glass, Wood

Framed Korean Folk Shamanistic Painting of Seven Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk painting watercolor on linen (silk) with a cloth mat and walnut wood frame. The work is in the shamanistic style and depicts the Tao...
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Korean Folk Art Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Textile

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