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Period: Mid-19th Century
Nightingale on Branch Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19/20c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very Lovely painting.
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
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. ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
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 ...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Mughal Miniature of Shah Jahan on a Leisure Stroll, 19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The Mughal miniature painting, meticulously crafted with a single-hair brush on fine rice paper, captures a serene and elegant scene of Emperor Shah Jahan taking a leisurely stroll o...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Red Lacquer Architectural Fragment, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique architectural fragment beautifully exemplifies the textured wear and soft patina that only time can achieve. Given its cusp...
Category
Southeast Asian Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Pine
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...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
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...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Pine
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Pine, Cherry, and Maple
Located in Hudson, NY
Cherry blossoms and maples among ragged pines. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold mist clouds. Completely remounted utilizing an antique silk brocade...
Category
Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Pair Regency Pole Screens Fire Needlepoint Tapestry, 1830
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Charming pair of late Regency pole screens
Intricately decorated with needlepoint tapestry
One screen features a vivid floral spray and the othe...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Other
19thC Circa 1840 Watercolour Gouache Chinese Guangdong School The Lotus Harvest
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Chinese Export Rice Paper Picture Watercolour and gouache studies on rice paper of harvesting lotus flowers, two panels mounted together, bright bold colours, each panel...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paper
Framed Japanese Ink Painting Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
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...
Category
Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
19th century French Pastel Drawing Signed Cinarie, 1867s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful draw made in graphite, pastel and pen dating from 1867 and signed "Cinarie" at the bottom right. Represents a French countryside landscape. Very well framed in a gilde...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, 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...
Category
Japanese Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
XL Victorian Oil Painting Norfolk Coast Maritime 1860 6 Ft
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing a large Victorian oil painting of an English coastal scene in the county of Norfolk
The piece is huge - over six feet wide / 193 CM
Such an atmospheric piece with the...
Category
Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Japanese Two-Panel Phoenix Screen, Edo Period, Ca. 1850
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Two-Panel Phoenix Screen, Edo Period, Ca. 1850
Japanese Edo Period (1603-1868)
DIMENSIONS
Height: 24 inches
Width: 28 inches
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Unpei Kameyama, 'a View of Black 'American' Ships in the Bay of Uraga Senminato'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Unpei Kameyama (1821-1899)
A view of black (American) ships in the bay of Uraga Senminato, Miura district, June 1853
The Japanese text reads: ‘The seventy-six old men for the Kitamura-clan, drawn in 1897 on request of Yoshisada Kitamura, Himeji, the black ships which so much changed the fate of Japan, enjoy please this masterpiece by Harima Shonin Bisei who brings back memories of his young days.’
Watercolour on paper, laid down on cardboard, H. 44.5 x W. 115.5 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Yoshisada Kitamura, Himeji
Yoshisada Kitamura (1838-1899), the son of a farmer in the village of Ogawa, in the district of Harimakashikihigashi, studied under Matajiro Otaka and got heavily involved in the anti-Shogunate movement. He was active in several military incidents against the Shogunate. After the Meiji restoration, he served the Meiji government as a local official in the Himeji domain.
Kameyama Unpei was a Confucian scholar, a Shinto priest...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
