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Period: Mid-19th Century
Waterfall and Bird Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, this is a Japanese painting by Aoe, which depicts the beautiful "Aoba Takiyanzu" with beautiful fresh greenery. ¦ Paper books and handwriting. ¦ There are some...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Antique 19th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen ‘Byobu’, Kano School, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kano School Edo period two-panel screen depicting flowering prunus and bamboo on a rock formation, with colorful birds next to a body of water. ...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Chinese Coromandel Red Lacquer 12-Panel Figural and Landscape Screen. Circa 1840
Located in Hollywood, SC
Chinese Coromandel figural red lacquer 12-panel screen depicting pagoda and landscape scenes, decorative gilt floral border panels, gilt carved lower panels, and reverse side depicti...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint

Farming Rice Fields Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The simple country side life is the ideal of the Oriental scholar. As you can see, the Kishi Renzan agricultural rice field working painting / box is included. Agricultural rice fields are worked using horses...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen Manchurian Crane and Turtles
Located in Hudson, NY
In Japan, cranes symbolize fidelity as they mate for life and turtles symbolize longevity. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine, plum, and bamboo). So called the three friends of winter because all three flourish during the cold months. This screen was originally fusuma doors...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Korean Four Panel Screen of Hunting Scene Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean four-panel folding screen circa 1830s, from the late Joseon Dynasty. The painting depicts a vivid hunting scene on four vertical scroll panels mounted with brocade borders. The four panels are related to each other in narrative but not in an absolutely continuous fashion, therefore they could be viewed individually and independently, which was not uncommon in the screen paintings as they are meant to be folded and unfolded as needed. The pictures show a general on the far left panel seated on a low platform bed...
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Korean Other Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Wood, Paper

Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Soapstone

Chinese Reverse Painted Glass and Hardwood Table Screen
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual table screen featuring a reverse glass painted portrait of a young noble lady set into a hardwood frame and stand. The beautiful maiden has a roun...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Hardwood

Hiroshige Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked Nihonga Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Den Nidai Hiroshige "Edo Suburbs Famous Place Sumida River Upstream Map" paper book watercolor hanging scroll with box Size Axis · · · Length 183cm, width 52.8cm Inside · · · Lengt...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Large Framed Japanese Buddhist Amida Temple Hall Painting, Mid-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
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...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint, Brocade, Silk, Acrylic

Edo Two-Panel Screen of Japanese Macaques in the Style of Mori Sosen
Located in New York, NY
Japanese two panel screen in the style Mori Sosen of two families of Japanese macaques, or snow monkeys, viewing an array of beautiful butterflies and flowe...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

19th Century Small Japanese Screen Pair, Pine Trees and Vines on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
This pair of screens depict just the middle sections of aged pine trees, painted in bold brush strokes on a background of gold leaf clouds. The trees are draped in vines, the lush cr...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen, 19th Century, Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds on Silver Leaf
By Nenma
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unknown artist Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds Painted in the Year of the Fire Dog, 1826 or 1886. 19th century. The scene depicted here is set under moonlight, with two hares hi...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Pair of Chinese Turned Square Courtyard Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Designing the intricate patterning of these 19th century northern Chinese lattice panels was like solving a puzzle. Skilled craftsmen pieced together handcut lengths of wood, precisely interlocking them to create a repeating diamond pattern...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm, Paper

19TH Century BALINESE Elephant Painting
Located in Hawthorne, CA
19th century elephant painting by unknown Balinese artist. A vibrant figural painting with a white elephant in black and matted frame. Color on clot...
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Thai Other Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Paper

Japanese Scroll Painting, 19th Century Chinese Pheasants by Yoshizawa Setsuan
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chinese Pheasants Yoshizawa Setsuan (1809-1889) Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk. Painting inscription: Setsuan Houyou Upper seal: Y...
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Asian Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Autumn Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked Nihonga Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, Japanese painting late autumn Akino map / with box. It is a beautiful work that depicts the melancholy scenery of Akino, which is unique to late autumn , and is com...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Edo Period Two-Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese Edo Period two panel folding screen with white and brown hawks of ink and color on paper.
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Lake Awasaru Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked Nihonga Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, it is a Japanese painting "Lake Suwa Asaharu" figure / co-box. It is a "Lake Suwa Asaharu" figure with gentle sunlight, and it is a very tasty work combined with a ...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Mid 19th Century, Koi and Water Plants
By Iwase Hirotaka
Located in Kyoto, JP
Iwase Hirotaka (1808-1877) Koi and Water Plants Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold wash and gold flecks on silk Inscription: Hirotaka Seal: Ille...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Pair of Japanese Framed Scrolls with Lotus, White Heron and Duck Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century Japanese scrolls in frames with lotus, white heron circle of Kano Naonobu (Japan, 1607-1660) and duck beside a pond.
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

19th Century, Chinese Hand-Painted Silk Collage of Exotic Birds
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY framed 19C Chinese Hand painted Silk Collage of Exotic Birds. Rare collage of Four Chinese hand-painted silk panels of exotic birds and birds of paradise, from circa 1850-70. THE PANELS DEPICT: (1) The first panel features two blue tailed birds of paradise on a tree branch surrounded by orange blossoms. (2) The second panel features a pair of orange tailed birds of paradise on a tree branch surrounded by cherry blossoms. (3) The third panel features a pair of blue chested...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Chinese Peony and Pheasant Canopy Painting, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The experience of art itself can be an intimate one and this bed canopy, hand painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted birds...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Pine

China Trade Watercolor & Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit & Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Superb quality painting! China Trade Watercolor & Gouache on pith paper, Set of twelve paintings of fruit and flowers, Circa 1850-1860 ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Mid-19th Century Peachwood Window Screen from Sianxi, China
Located in New York, NY
An antique window screen from Sianxi, China, Mid-19th Century. Solid peachwood in dark finish with intricate floral hand-carvings in diagonal p...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Wood

"Scholar's Treasures" Chinese Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A scroll and a small lantern depicted in this 19th century painting suggest the romantic notion of a Chinese scholar painting in the evening hours. Re...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric

China Trade Set of Six Sunqua Still Life of Fruit & Flowers Paintings
By Sunqua
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade set of six Gouache Still Life Paintings of Fruit & Flowers on Pith Paper, Each Signed Sunqua, mid-19th century The fine China Trade pith paper painting...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Sign of Honor, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Signs of honor were presented as a gesture of gratitude to individuals who had bettered their community or in acknowledge of a respected person’s birthday. The sign would have been h...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Phoenix and Auspicious Fruit Canopy Painting, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The owners of this work of art were likely the only two people in the world lucky enough to have access to its beauty. The experience of art itself can be an intimate one, and this b...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Pine

"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio" Chinese Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essenti...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

1844 - Chichi, Japanese Scroll Painting. Colour on Silk
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mother’s Breast (Chichi) 1844 Hanging scroll. Ink, pigments and gofun on silk. Inscription: Kouka era, dragon year, late winter, painted by Shozan Yashou Artist’ seals: ...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Shibata Zeshin ‘1807-1891’, Barley
Located in Milano, IT
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and pigments on silk Signature: Zeshin Seal: Tairyukyo Date: circa 1880 Painting size: 98 x 20 cm Mounts size: 182 x 32 cm Shibata Zeshin...
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Eternal Youth Sign of Honor, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental lacquered elmwood sign of honor was carved in northern China during the mid-19th century. The large central characters read as "Wu Zheng Ever Green", and loosely tran...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Mother and Kitten with Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Delicate painting of garden chrysanthemums with a fine gold mist. A cat grooms herself while a kitten plays with a chrysanthemum. Mineral pigments...
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Set of Four Chinese Immortals Screen Paintings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes—the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. ...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Snow Scene at Water’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene at Water's Edge with Flowers and Waterfowl. Edo period painting (mid 19th century) of plum, bamboo, white camellias, cranes and mandarin ducks ...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Rare 19th Century Chinese Carved Asian Hardwood Four-Panel Silk Screen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Ebonized wood four panel Chinese screen, circa 1850. Allegorical story depicting the dream of the red chamber beautifully presented on this rare four-panel...
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Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood, Wood, Silk

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Reverse Glass Painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh from the Pal Collection
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING and HIGHLY DESIRABLE and IMPORTANT 19C Reverse Glass Painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh from the Pal Collection. This piece has impeccable Provenance! It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Christie’s New York Auction on 20th March 2008. Sale Number 2112, Lot No. 290. Christie’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 “The Scholar’s Vision: The Pal Family Collection”. The painting was described as “A reverse glass painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh – India, Maharashtra, 19th Century. The holy family seated on the floor, mother and child in the lap of Shiva, with a red background and blue borders. Opaque pigments and metal leaf on glass. 12 x 16 in. (30.4 x 40.6 cm.) Exhibited: Durga: Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother, Norton Simon Museum of Art, 7 October 2005 – 27 March 2006″. It carried an Auction estimate of USD 2,500 to USD 3,500 and Sold for USD 2,500 (not including Buyers Premium). Allowing for inflation alone this would be over $4,300 in today’s value. At highest estimate, this would equate to over $6k in today’s value. As an added bonus and proof of authenticity the painting still retains it’s original Christie’s Lot No. Label. It has substantially increased in value over the years as a RARE piece from the ‘renowned’ Pal Family Collection and a RARE piece of antique Asian Indian...
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Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Glass

Early 19th Century Chinese Botanical Butterfly Watercolor on Pith Paper
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Qing dynasty Chinese watercolor featuring a botanical scene. A broken branch suspended mid page features a striking butterfly atop a vivid reddish orange camellia flow...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape with Calligraphy. Late Edo (c. 1850) painting of a dramatic mountainside carved by a waterfall with a crane flying in the foreground an...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Indian Portrait of a Prince
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper. A young prince is seated in a palace courtyard under a canopy receiving a party of noblemen. His ministers stand behind him, wearing peaked turbans with floral patterns, their gestures conveying their welcoming demeanor towards the noblemen. The guests are wearing red and blue turbans...
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Indian Other Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Sign of Honor, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century northern Chinese sign of honor presented to an esteemed scholar on his 80th birthday. The large characters in the center read (from right...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Elm

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Shogun's Journey to Edo
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano school painting of nobles at rest (some yawning) under moonlit sky. Mostly likely a representation of the last story in the Ise Monogatari: chapter 16, Sekiya (The Gatehouse). A...
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Trees in Floral Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Trees in Floral Landscape, Edo period painting (mid 19th century) of pine and other trees amongst flowers, with bamboo shoots on the right panel, and white...
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Coromandel Screen, 18th Century, Rosewood, 8 Panel, Painted, Figural, Depicting Flying Geese One of a kind. Chinese Coromandel screen from the late 1700s with a fabulous ros...
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Rosewood

Tibetan Thangka of Vaishravana, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with historical figures and symbolism arranged around the Viashravana in the painting's center. This lesser deity is the god of wealth...
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Chinese Tibetan Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Paint

Chinese Relief Carved Architectural Panel with Fruit and Flora, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
It’s difficult to pinpoint what makes this handcrafted panel so impressive: the artful relief carvings of seasonal fruit and lush, foliage-filled vases ...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Spruce

Japanese Two-Panel Screen "Leopard with Cubs"
Located in Hudson, NY
With gold clouds on gold leaf with camellia on river's edge. In history, Japanese artists did not see leopards or tigers in real life because the animals were not native to Japan, t...
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Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Chinese Watercolors of Exotic Fruit on Pith Paper
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Chine trade watercolors are of fine quality and depict various exotic fruits including pineapples, lychees, finger citrus and orange amongst others. Now framed with a thin gilt f...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six-Panel Screen
Located in Stamford, CT
A six-panel Japanese paper screen with poems, autumn flowers, bamboo fence and Mandarin ducks. Poems are believed to be earlier but were probably...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Pillow Book, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A pillow book was meant to teach a young bride about the art of lovemaking. This rare museum-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully pai...
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Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers, Edo period painting (c. 1850) of mandarin ducks and geese on a grassy sh...
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Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold

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