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China Large Stunning Mountain Peaks Natural Marble Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Magnificent Mountain Peaks - Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone painting of a mythical sky and mountains landscape called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a large monumental masterwork of nature. Totally natural.
Dimensions:
Hardwood frame: 19 inches tall and 33 inches length
Site: 13.75 inches tall and 27.5 inches length
This thin marble stone painting is approximately 3/8 inch thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing a unique, incredible pattern in white, cream and dark colors and includes hanger and hardware on reverse.
This unique work of art was 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.
History of Green Flower dream stone paintings...
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20th Century Chinese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$1,600 Sale Price
64% Off
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Wavy Mountains Stone Landscape Dream Stone Painting , Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese "Wavy" Mountains Stone Marble Painting Landscape Screen With Original Black wood Display Stand
Signed lower right.
Impressive work of art with original wooden display stan...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone, Marble
$220 Sale Price
51% Off
"Unai No Tomo" Early 20th C. Japanese Illustrated Toy Books, Volumes #2, #3, #4
Located in Norton, MA
Early 20th century Japanese illustrated toy books. "Unai No Tomo". Ca. 1911. 3 volumes from the larger set. Each volume includes numerous color woodblock illustrations of various toy...
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Early 20th Century Japanese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Buddhist Painting of Sitting on Lotus Crown, Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Buddhist Painting Sitting on Lotus Crown Seat
Ink and color on silk
Overall size : 25.6" width 81" height
Image size: 19.7" widt...
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19th Century Japanese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Landscape Painting on Gilt Wood Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4013 Hand painted Japanese landscape on gilt wood panel.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$450 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Marcel Catelein Place de la Concorde Original Painting
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique and beautiful oil on canvas rendition by celebrated French painter Marcel Catelein. This original piece depicts the Place de la Concorde in Paris, featuring the fountain...
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1950s French Expressionist Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Pheasants in Ancient Plum in Snowy Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature reads: Tsunenobu hitsu (after Kano Tsunenobu), Kano School painting in mineral pigments on paper with a silk brocade border.
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19th Century Japanese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Yagyu 'Wild Ox'
Located in Hudson, NY
Painted by artist Morito Kunitsugu, 1958, thick mineral pigments on textured mulberry paper.
This was exhibited at the 1st newly reorganized Nitten National Exhibition in 1958, and ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Thangka Kurukulla Red Tara of Love Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
A sublime, rare Thangka of Goddess Kurukulla, the Red Tara, finely portraited by a master artist in Nepal. Kurukulla comes to the aid of love and relationship...
Category
2010s Nepalese Tibetan USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$930 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese Extraordinary Outer Space Moonscape Natural Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of an outer space nightscape suggests our universe of countless moons and stars and might remind us of a similar and unique evening experience in our lives. The powerful and colorful depiction is executed in natural dark green- almost black, cream and yellow (limonite mineral) colors. This 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.
Dimensions:
Frame: 25 inches high and 25 inches wide.
Site: 16.75" diameter
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of dream stone "paintings":
Moonlight stones...
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Late 20th Century Chinese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$1,340 Sale Price
44% Off
Japanese Ink and Wash Scroll Painting by Watanabe Seitei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Watanabe Seitei, also known as Watanabe Shotei (1851–1918), was born in late Edo period. He was one of the earliest Japanese artists who visited and be...
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Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Deco Landscape with River Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen, deco landscape with river fans. Modern scene of a 12th century festival in Kyoto in which fans are sent down the Kamo River and caught downstream. Taisho (...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Chinese Hand Carved Jade and Wood Table Screens
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 19th century pair of Chinese hand carved oval jade and hard stone table screens with wood stands. They depict a semitransparent large egg sh...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Jade
$3,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Framed Chinese Painting of Landscape of Scholars Playing the Game
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Chinese brush painting of landscape, scholars playing game of Go in bamboo grove. ink and color on silk, 19 century
The first photo has some vertical reflections on the plex...
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19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Fly over Jerusalem by Zamy Steynovitz, Framed and Signed Serigraph 1990
By Claude Monet
Located in San Diego, CA
Showing talent from an early age, Polish-born artist Zamy Steynovitz used rich, vibrant color in his works after a trip to South America in the 80s increased his interest in bright, ...
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1990s American Expressionist USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" 'Shop Sign', Late Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" (Shop Sign) with mirror, Meiji Period.
The Medicine being advertised is a soothing cream used to relieve itchin...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen Dragon in the Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink (Sumi) on paper. Signature and Seal read: Kishi Ganku It is backed with paper covered in gold and silver flake. Kishi Ganku (1749 or 1756-1839) was the...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of Chinese Portraits in Red Painted & Gilt Frames
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Chinese Portraits in Red Painted & Gilt Frames.
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19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Set of Ten Qing Style Porcelain Plates after Lang Shining
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent set of ten hand painted enameled porcelain plates made in the Qianlong period style after Lang Shining (July 1688-July 1766 Italian). Born in Milano, Italy Giuseppe Castiglione...
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20th Century Chinese Qing USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$10,500 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Mirror-The Boy with a Crane
Located in Norton, MA
A large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse painting on the mirror, depicting a boy and a crane in the garden.
Reverse glass pictures became fashionable in the 18th cent...
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19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
American Unique Hand Decorated Adirondack "Sail Boats" Desk, 1900
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an important thirty year old New England collection of hand decorated pyrography Arts & Crafts furnishings.
Unique work of art with a southern Vermont origin.
A large scal...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Painting of Mountain and village, Hanging Scroll
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese scroll painting depicted village in the mountain
Ink and paper. Artist signed
Overall size: 43" height. 21" width
Image size: 10.8" height. 16" width
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1940s Japanese Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Gaboku Ogawa 'Abstract Japanese Calligraphy' MOMA 1953
Located in Sharon, CT
A very important work, both historically and aesthetically-"Getting madly drunk out of an earthenware goblet", by Gaboku Ogawa c.1953,
exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art show "Abstract Japanese...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Meiji Chikanobu Toyohara Framed Woodblock Print with Archery Tournament
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese signed woodblock print by Chikanobu Toyohara (Chikanobu Yoshu), 1838-1912, titled "Start of an Archery Tournament", a tript...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
Framed Japanese Brush Painting of Two White Geese Swimming in a Pond
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Japanese brush painting of two white geese swimming in a pond,
19th century, ink on paper, original brocade mount.
Overall size with frame: 58" height 26" width
Image size...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$3,500 Sale Price
22% Off
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Large Framed Indian 19th Century Painting of Guanyin Sitting on a Dragon
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian painting from the 19th century depicting Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion sitting on a dragon. Created in India during the 19th century, this large painting features Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion, sitting on the head of a dragon, fluffy clouds adorning the painting's lower section. Her right foot on a lotus flower, Guanyin wears an ornate headdress and elegant clothes. The painting itself measures 30.5"W x 53.5" H and has been set inside a custom frame. Its peaceful subject will make this 19th century Indian painting...
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19th Century Indian Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Plexiglass, Paper
Large Oil on Canvas Oasis, African Zebras by Kindrie Grove, 1999
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very large oil on canvas, Oasis, African Zebras by Kindrie Grove, Canadian Artist.
Large oil painting that depicts a group of zebras drinking peacefully...
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20th Century Canadian Folk Art USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Unusual Antique Chinese Divider with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century Chinese divider with calligraphy, hand-painted on wood. This rectangular divider stands on two feet and displays calligraphy on both sides of its central panel. The panel is made of a light colored varnished wood and showcases different black ink writing on each side. This Chinese 19th century hand painted wooden divider...
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19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Pair of Six Panel Japanese Edo Screens Chrysanthemums Along Fence
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable pair of early 19th century Japanese late Edo period screens depicting summer chrysanthemums growing along a brushwood fence. Ink and...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Thai Large Watercolor Painting Buddha & Disciples In Gilt Wood Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Watercolor painting on fabric surmounted on wood that shows Buddha and two of his famous disciples Sariputta and Mogallana. The disciples enjoy princely three tier umbrellas. The Bud...
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19th Century Thai Agra Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Modernist Painting of a Seaside Village by Torao Ataka Dated 1930
By Japanese Studio
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Modern oil painting of a harbor town with the water and mountains views in the distance.
It is signed on the bottom left hand corner Ataka and dated '30 (1930).
The brushwork is ...
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1930s Japanese Modern Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Fine Antique Screen Hand Painted "Buddhist Nature" in Sumi Ink
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels
Praised as "the crown of poets from the eastern lands."
Japan, a good antique six-panel screen Byobu depicting hand painted on paper w...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese "Sea Portal" Natural Stone Landscape "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed,
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a portal view of detailed sea of red and blue waves could remind u...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$520 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920
Measures- 30.5''H x 22.25''W x .25''D
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Paint
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Moonlight Landscape Reflections "Starry Night" Extraordinary Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
An extraordinary Natural Landscape work, one of a kind. Custom framed.
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of cloud bands under a breath taking moon light reflectio could remind us of a similar and unique evening experience in our lives. Just look into the dark sky some starry night! The powerful and colorful depiction is executed in natural dark green- almost black, cream and yellow (limonite mineral) colors. This 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.
Dimensions:
Frame: 24 inches high and 41.75 inches wide.
Site: 15 inches x 33 inches
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of dream stone paintings:
Moonlight...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$2,800 Sale Price
49% Off
Framed Chinese Painting with Quails and Eggs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Chinese Painting with three quails and eggs.
Ink and color on paper. Artist signed and seal
Overall size; 15" width. 213.5" height
Imag...
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19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Painting Depicting Musicians and Archers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian hand-painted folk art painting depicting musicians and archers in a brass custom frame. Step into a vibrant world of rhythm and archery with this antique Indian han...
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Early 20th Century Indian USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Painting Thangka Mandala Eight Treasures Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
A finely hand painted Thangka with beautiful calligraphy in Sanskrit of the mantra Om. Mandala represents the pure and sacred space consecrated by the power of Buddha or other deitie...
Category
2010s Nepalese Tibetan USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Japanese Brush Painting of a Standing Bodhisattva of Mercy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese brush painting of a standing Bodhisattva of Mercy, beautiful colors and brush work, 19th century, original brocade mount
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Japanese Meiji Riverside Scroll Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912), artists brought on a revival of traditional painting styles as they sought to create a modern Japanese style with roots in the past. This exquisite hanging scroll demonstrates the preference for soft layering of gray tones with judicious use of color. The landscape is rendered in soft ink washes that subtly distinguish between water, mountain, and sky. The scroll painting...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Fine Framed Japanese Brush Painting of Bodhisattva
Located in Greenwich, CT
refined Japanese brush painting of Bodhisattva sitting by stream, waterfall and pine tree, ink and color on silk, 19th century, conservation fr...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen Amorous Cranes and Turtles
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Amorous Cranes and Turtles. In Japan, cranes symbolize fidelity as they mate for life and turtles symbolize longevity. Additionally, this screen also has the Japanese motif of sho-chiku-bai, or the three friends of winter (pine, plum, and bamboo). So called the three friends of winter because all three flourish during the cold months. This screen was originally fusuma doors...
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1850s Japanese Edo Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Yoshitoshi Mori Signed Original Japanese Asian Watercolor. and Gouache Painting
By Yoshitoshi Mori
Located in Studio City, CA
An original gouache and watercolor painting by Japanese artist/master printmaker Yoshitoshi Mori who was famed for his kappazuri stencil printing technique. In the 1950s Mori became ...
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1960s Japanese Showa Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Victorian Oil Painting of Young Girls on a Beach
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Victorian Oil Painting of Young Girls on a Beach from the late 19th Century. A pair of sisters? in period costume on a windy beachscape near t...
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1880s American Victorian Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Indian Portrait of a Prince
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper. A young prince is seated in a palace courtyard under a canopy receiving a party of noblemen. His ministers stand behind him, wearing peaked turbans with floral patterns, their gestures conveying their welcoming demeanor towards the noblemen. The guests are wearing red and blue turbans...
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1830s Indian Other Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$25,000
Japanese Antique Six Panel Screen: Inside the Imperial Household
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting depicting an interior with finery such as a lacquer table, silk textiles, and other paintings. The fusuma doors appear to be a famous...
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1890s Japanese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Indian Mughal Miniature Royal Court Women Shah Watercolor Painting 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Indian Mughal Miniature painting, in a carved camel bone frame. Circa 1900.
The painting of oval outline is very finely rendered and depicts the seated Shah in the gro...
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Early 1900s Indian Islamic Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Paint
Chinese ancestral portrait, 19th c.
Located in New York, NY
group portrait; painting is on rice paper; 41in(W) x 59in(H) are the overall measurements of the painting including its borders; painting can be rolled up
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Abstract Cityscape Chinese Modernist Painting by Heshi Yu, Signed
By Heshi Chou Yu
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Mid-Century Modern abstract village-scape painting by Heshi Yu. Painting features reflective gold and teal tones and is presented in original linen and wood frame. Signed in lower le...
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20th Century Modern USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Antique Portrait Of a Japanese Peasant Worker 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5109 Japanese peasant worker
Set in a custom wood frame
Signer lower right
Image size 23.5x19.5"
Category
1940s Vintage USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920
Measures- 31.75''H x 25''W x .25''D
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Paint
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
China Trade Watercolor & Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit & Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Superb quality painting!
China Trade Watercolor & Gouache on pith paper,
Set of twelve paintings of fruit and flowers,
Circa 1850-1860
...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Chinese Export Reverse Paintings On Glass and Mirror, Double Panes
Located in Norton, MA
Pair of charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse glass and mirror paintings, depicting two noblewomen within an interior setting with the typical Chinese Traditional customs and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mirror
19th Century Chinese Export Butterfly & Insect Pith Watercolor
Located in Atlanta, GA
Canton China, circa 1830.
A great and unusual pith watercolor painting of butterflies and insects around a blossoming tree branch. Unmarked.
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Giltwood, Paper
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Silk 1940s Chinese Export Needlepoint with Nightingale on Branch with Blooms
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a silk Asian needlepoint (Gilt Bamboo-style frame) bird on a branch with flow that measures 38 x 25 x 2.5 inches.It is stunning in pastel colo...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Bamboo
$1,279 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese kutani Porcelain figure and painting, 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese kutani figure and painting. Porcelain figure of a kneeling monk or scholar. Painting depicting a similar kneeling figure.
Painting:
Image 11.5"...
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19th Century Japanese Antique USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Porcelain
China Natural Stone "Painting" Restless Sea and Waves
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting "Restless Sea and Waves" #6 unique painting
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of sea and waves in action 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:
Beautiful Action of sea and waves
Framed under glass
Dimensions:
Frame: 13 inches high and 17.5 inches wide.
Site: 6.5 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, 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.
We have have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...
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Late 20th Century Chinese USA - Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price
42% Off
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