Antique Chinese Silk Tapestry of Birds among Cherry Blossoms, Hand-Woven

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to jewellery design. The polychrome decorations depict a white rooster...

Splendid statue made of jade in the typically Chinese 19th century. The statue is very beautiful and rests on an oval base made of very fine dark wood. The lower part of the statue ...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...

Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century. This dish is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith's technique originally applied to jewellery design. The polychrome decorations depict a circular geometric pattern, with blue and white butterflies...

Antique machine to work wool made entirely of wood, from the beginning of 900, Italian manufacture. The structure is typical of the machines of the pa...

A long tall beautiful rectangular framed Chinese silk tapestry. Lovely addition to any wall. This tapestry portion of this piece is framed inside...

This Chinese silk embroidery depicts Mandarin figures, birds, elephants, butterflies, dragonflies, and willow trees. It is framed with a molded...

An exceptional and rare antique Chinese Yun Jian embroidered silk cloud collar dating from circa 1880. The collar is beautifully hand embroidered on colored s...

Chinese embroidered blue silk robe in a plexiglass box, Qing dynasty. Late 19th century, beautifully custom framed in Plexy glass frame to keep it in ex...

"Set of six vintage framed Chinese chinoiserie silk embroidered tapestry panels featuring Peacocks / birds amidst the landscapes of gnarled pine tree and flowering branches. # Chinese Pinyin - Translation (Literally) 1. ???? - què wu yíng chun - bird dance welcome spring 2. ???? - què wu song feng - bird dance pine wind 3. ???? - song píng què wu - pine fan bird dance 4. ???? - què píng chun sè - bird fan spring scenery 5. ???? - chun nuan hua kai - spring warm, flower bloom 6. ???? - zhú bào chun méi - bamboo report spring plum Translation (Semantically) (1) birds are dancing and welcoming the return of spring (2) birds are dancing with breeze in the pine forest (3) pine fans like a peacock while birds are dancing (4) bird fans its tail for the beautiful spring (5) in the warm spring...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this charming Meiji period 1868-1912 embroidery of a chin dog aside a spray of peacock feathers and by one of the most famous textile company’s of the period, the Iida Takashimaya company, the breathtaking and simply captivating detail of the silkwork demonstrates some of the finest possible stitching methods available at that time and not surpassed to this day, the silk picture is cushioned and housed within its original black lacquered wood frame and importantly bearing the original and scarce Iida Takashimaya factory label to the reverse, an absolute masterpiece from a golden period of textile production, this picture would light up the wall of any room particularly your Japanese themed space . Provenance : UK Collection . Featured in – 2020 Vision of an enlightened ruler exhibition – plate 39 Literature : There is little doubt that a major part of the phenomenon of Japanese works of art exploding onto the worldwide stage leading up to and during the Meiji period was bought about by the Textile manufacturers of Kyoto, the most recognized of which will undoubtedly be the Nishimura company, founded in Kyoto in 1670 as textile traders, It was the 12th generation manager Nishimura Sozayemon (1855-1935) aged just 17 and remarkably adopted into the family as the son of a Chinese scholar who took the company to its dizzy heights. As early as 1873 just one year into his tenure the company were exhibiting at expositions and even during that early period the company picked up significant awards and medals with recognition both nationally and overseas , particularly in Paris in 1878 , thereafter the factory moved to new premises in Kyoto , presumably having outgrown their original site , this move coincided with the building of the new Imperial palace in Tokyo where Nishimura were commissioned to provide 64 embroidered wall panels...