Hand-Carved Paintings and Screens

An opportunity to acquire a lovely antique Chinese hand sewn vest or colorful textile pieced together in four wing like sections, all in vibrant colors. Immediately wearable or f...

Extraordinary natural stone work of art, one of a kind. This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" suggestive of a wavy mountain landscape features light and dark colors...

Extraordinary natural stone work of art, one of a kind. D30 This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" suggestive of a likeness of a sunset view of distant horizons featu...

Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of churning sea waves among rocks could remind us of a unique shoreline ...

Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting and with custom hardwood frame, "Seaside White and Gray Mountains" #1 This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of a mountain range in white and gray colors is called a dream stone "Shih-hua." They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone. This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve. This thin marble stone "painting" is approximately 1/4" thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. Its weight is surprisingly modest- easily hung with standard hardware. On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads: Remarkable depiction only mother nature secretly forms, a beautiful panoramic view of Mountains. With custom arts and crafts hardwood frame Dimensions: Frame: 10.25 inches high and 15.75inches wide. Site: 5.75 inches high and 11 inches wide. Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China. History of "White and Gray" dream stone paintings: “White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone, were cut from stone found on Shuang Yang mountain in Dali mountains Captivating compositions, they might remind us of a long string of rugged mountain caps from a distance. These dream stones are cut from a scarce regional stone yielding notoriously “fuzzy” detailed paintings. To find examples possessing clear, contrasting detail like this one is indeed a rare find. Fine stone paintings like this example are rare as access to and availability of resource material diminishes. After a thin coating of wax is carefully applied to its surface to protect and reveal its beautiful subtle colors, this stone painting is signed upper right position with poetic verse and seal of an artisan who describes its majestic beauty. Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings...

Chinese Coromandel figural black lacquer, soap stone, mother-of-pearl, and bone four-panel screen depicting pagoda and landscape scenes, decorative painted and gilt upper border pane...

Highly decorative and highly carved Anglo-Indian floor screen. Piercings in top and bottom panels. In excellent original condition, 19th century. Each panel 20? wide, 80? total ...

This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of a jagged mountain range is called a dream stone Shih-hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone. This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve. This thin marble stone painting is approximately 1/4 inch; thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible natural patterns in soft white and dark green colors. On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads: Mountain and Water Flow hidden in the Clouds  Dimensions: Frame: Our Arts & Crafts design 13.5 inches high and 13.5 inches wide. Site: 9,5 inches diameter. Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China. Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible, 35 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-578. See photos. Schneible Fine arts have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...

Huge eight-panel Coromandel screen featuring social gatherings of musicians, elephants and people around pagodas. Made of heavy, solid rosewood and carved from thick layers of lacque...

Pair of framed oil on canvas painting of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and the Empress Mumtaz Mahal. The splendor of India, oil painting Mughal Emperor Shah ...