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Technique: Hand-Painted
Japanese Old Blue Garden Tree Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
Old Blue Timbered Roof Tree Lantern, lucky bamboo design
An early hard to find Japanese natural "Tree" form lantern, "Koboku-Toro" with fine handcrafted details including a timbered...
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1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Iron
Japan Antique Tea Master Ceremony Guide Double Scroll Matsudara Fumai 1751-1818
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our most recent Japanese acquisitions
Hand-Painted Double Tea Master Scroll (2) entitled: Tea Ceremony Rules of Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818)
Includes a later wooden collecto...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper
Antique Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Tapestry, 1950s
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare antique Thangka tapestry from around 1950. Depicting Siddhartha Guatama in the Pureland when he became Buddha and his Dharma name became Shakyamu...
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Mid-20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Canvas, Silk
Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Vintage Large "Kokeshi" by Kyutaro Ogura. This large size is very rare. With signature.
Kyutaro Ogura (Ogura Kyutaro: 1906-1998)
Master: Hisashiro Ogur...
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1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Maple
Chinese Pair Kangxi Porcelain Famille Verte Buddhist Lion Joss Stick Holders
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair antique Chinese Kangxi porcelain famille verte Buddhist Lion joss stick holders dating between 1662 and 1722. The dogs sit raised on...
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17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Tea Bowl Flying Bats & Good Fortune Hand-Built Hand Glazed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mint condition
From Japan, a hard to find and unusual hand-built, painted and glazed tea bowl featuring "flying bats" - signs of good fortune, created over thirty years ago.
A stunn...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Kutani Treasure Boat 'Takarabune' Censer, Taisho Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese Kutani porcelain incense burner, koro, in the form of a treasure ship, Takarabune, Taisho Period (1912 - 1926), Japan.
The censer boldly modeled as the legendary Takarabune, or Treasure Ship, a mythical ship said to carry the shichifukujin, the Seven Lucky Gods, around the heavens during the first days of the New Year, visiting lucky humans to bring blessings and prosperity.
The black bodied, single mast ship sails on the water, its sail full of wind and decorated with the character "takara", meaning treasure. The pierced top of the ship serving as the cover for the censer. It is loaded with magical items and treasure, most prominently, a large coral branch...
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1910s Vintage Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Pair Jun-Ware Liver Red Glazed Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and attractive pair Chinese Qing Jun-ware Foo dogs decorated in liver red glazes and dating from around 1850. The porcelain dogs are heavily made and stand raised on rectangul...
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Antique Cache 98 Bamboo Wood Calligraphy Slips, Collectors Find
Located in South Burlington, VT
Bamboo and wooden slips - jiandú- were the main media for writing documents in China before the widespread introduction of paper during the first two centuries AD.
This substantial group, 98 pieces, of one-of-a-kind slips with painted hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity sleuths We believe them to be circa 1900 , Qing dynasty and are offering this group from a collection of old works of art.
Dimensions: bamboo slips...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty famille rose porcelain candleholder, circa 1860.
This very attractive antique Chinese porcelain elephant...
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1860s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dharma Protector Dharmapala Thangka Tapestry, 1920s
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dated from the 1920s, painted paper on silk brocade. This Thangka depicts Dharmpala, one of the three ancient treasure protectors of Buddhist teaching, this one being named Rahula. It's lineage is from the Nyugna school of Tibetan buddhism. Rahula is related to the eclipse of the sun, moon and other planets. Ruhala is portrayed with the lower body of the coiled serpent and upper body with four arms, nine heads adorned with a thousand eyes representing the nine planets...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper, Canvas, Silk
Antique Persian Qajar Period Enameled Paper Mache Royal Pen Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the early 19th century or Qajar period, this antique hand painted pen box is done in a series of bordered vignettes of Persian men and animals ...
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Early 19th Century Indian Other Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of 19th Century Black Lacquered Chinese Scholar Shelves
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful pair of unusual Chinese scholar shelves is finely crafted with Chinese Northern Elmwood and finished with a black lacquer. The w...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment
A unique and rare find—an 18th-century or older Chinese hand-painted porcelain buckle fragment depicting two attendants amidst a landscape. Encased in an sterling silver frame, the buckle is adorned with a signature in Chinese character mark, adding to its authenticity and historical significance.
Although just one part of a two-piece belt buckle, this fragment stands...
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Snuff Bottle Birds Blossoms Late 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This vintage Chinese snuff bottle from the Republic of China period is a charming example of famille rose porcelain, renowned for its soft...
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1980s Chinese Qing Vintage Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Simulated Bamboo Brown Glazed Pottery Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish antique Chinese simulated bamboo brush pot decorated in brown glazes and dating from the 19th century or possibly earlier. The ...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Old Bamboo Slips with Calligraphy Jiandu, 59 Piece Collection
Located in South Burlington, VT
Bamboo and wooden slips - jiandú- were the main media for writing documents in China before the widespread introduction of paper during the first two centuries AD.
This substantial group, 59 pieces, of one-of-a-kind slips with painted and applied hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity sleuths We believe them to be circa 1900 Qing dynasty and are offering this group from a collection of old works of art.
Dimensions: bamboo slips...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Meiji Era Ceramic Inkwell with Hand Painted Geisha Motif
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a small inkwell from the Japanese Meiji era. It was hand-made around the turn of the 19th/20th century out of Satsuma clay. Satsuma ware (???, Satsuma-yaki) is a type of ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Medicine Manuscript Koyto Imperial University-Collection Lecture Notebook 1900
Located in Norton, MA
Description
[MEDICINE -- MANUSCRIPT]. Collection of lecture notebooks from courses taken in anatomy, materia medica, and other medical subjects at the Kyoto Imperial University. [Kyo...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper
Two Compatible Japanese Lacquered Calligraphy Stands
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A decorative and colorful compatible pair of Japanese Calligraphy Stands in gilt and lacquer decoration. The red lift tops with elaborate lacquered and gilt decoration of birds and s...
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20th Century Japanese Edo Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
A Framed Group of Five Chinese Dali Marble Scholar’s Stones, Late Qing Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Although sometimes referred to as ‘paintings’ or ‘dream stones’, these are sections of Dali marble, quarried from the Cangshan mountain range in Western China and carefully chosen & ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Scholar's Objects
Materials
Marble, Brass
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Located in Greenwich, CT
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Located in South Burlington, VT
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Original covers and no missing p...
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Japanese Fine Antique Original Blue Green Tree Garden Lantern
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