Folk Art Still Life, 'Flowers and Chinese Export Porcelain', Early 20th Century

Two Chinese Export porcelain plates, Early 19th Century. Hand-painted polychrome floral designs with detailed borders.

Antique Chinese Water Bucket, early 20th century. Cylindrical form with carved handle. Original iron fittings.

Provincial Chinese Storage Trunk, Early 20th Century. Weather wood exterior with iron hardware and trim. Lacquered interior.

Chinese Rice Barrel with Lid, early 20th Century. Aged wood with metal and iron banding and handles.

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

J. RILEY - Vintage acrylic still life painting on canvas covered panel - signed lower left - untitled - contained in a solid oak frame with white pickled finish - Canada - mid/late 2...

Vintage folk art watercolor landscape painting on paper - unsigned - unframed - Canada - mid 20th century. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no repairs - ready to ...

M. PLASKETT - Vintage folk art autumn landscape oil painting on prepared pressed paper board - signed lower right - vintage painted & gilt soft wood frame - Canada - mid 20th Century...