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Vintage, Calligraphy, Watercolor Paintings, Chinese Art, China, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A set of Chinese paintings
Perfect for vintage interiors
Condition
Yomiuri Shimbun (the size of one view double-page spread) 43.0. × 32.0 c...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,426 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Antique Chinese Watercolor on Paper Paintings of Mythological Figures
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of Antique Chinese Watercolor on Paper Paintings of Mythological Figures Signed 19thC.
Measures - 20.25"H x 17"W x 1"D.
Thi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Utagawa Kuniyoshi Prince Shôtoku attack on Mo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely figural print by
Print artist. Pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni. One of the three principal 'Ukiyo-e' artists of the late Edo period, together with Kunisada (Toyokuni III) and Hir...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$1,265 Sale Price
20% Off
Asian Wood Panel Paintings Diptych Brass Hardware Flora and Fauna Scene Chinese
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage Han Palace Art Co. scroll framed oil painting wood diptych carved panels. The original tag on back. This is a vintage piece from the 1950s or 1960s....
Category
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Chinoiserie Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
$2,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a rare paper scroll hand painted by renown Rengetsu Otagaki (1791-1875). She was a very famous nun in old Japan and being familiar with poetry, her Waka poems on paper, and e...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
China "Seaside & Mountains" Landscape "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone "Painting" & with custom hardwood frame
Sea and Mountains in one unique work of art
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:
Dimensions:
Frame: 16.5 inches high and 29 inches wide.
Site: 12.75 inches high and 25 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
A Tibetan Prayer Book In Wooden Casing, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Tibetan Prayer Book in Wooden Casing, 19th Century
Aged leaves bound with leather strapping between hard covers.
Length: 53.5 cm Width: 13.5 cm...
Category
Antique 19th Century Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Tibetan Thangka of Amitabha Buddha Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
One of our finest hand painted Tibetan Thangkas from Nepal. This extraordinary Thangka depicts 108 Buddhas with consorts in celestial court witnessing Amitabha's achievement of nirva...
Category
2010s Nepalese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,125 Sale Price
50% Off
Large Mixed Media of 5 Ceremonial Deity Masks Wall Hanging
Located in Miami, FL
A generously sized decorative Chinese framed mixed media depiction of 5 ceremonial deity masks, 20th Century. This large wall hanging mixed media of ceremon...
Category
20th Century Chinese Decorative Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
$800 Sale Price
66% Off
Japanese Imperial Pair Dolls 1840
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions
A rare couple.
These Japanese Tachibina dolls represent the simplest essential form of the imperial couple. Their beautiful faces were crafted from crushed shell called gofun coated over carved wood and their dress feature period Edo (1840) textile kimono dress.
Used as the display for the Girl’s day celebration, more specifically they are constructed of kinran brocade fabric covered paper, the heads carved of wood and covered in gofun with painted features and inset hair, the male form with outstretched arms and conical legs, the female has a cylindrical form. They come in an original kiri wood storage box.
Dimensions: Large doll 12 inches tall and 6 inches wide
Small doll...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Wood
$1,000 Sale Price
48% Off
China Natural Mountain Landscape Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
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 inch thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors.
History of White and Gray dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone...
Category
1990s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
$3,840 Sale Price
76% Off
Japanese Buddhist Painting, Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Buddhist Painting , Hanging Scroll Painting
Depicted Amituofo and Budhisattva in the painting sitting on the lotus crown seats. Bea...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$3,800 Sale Price
34% Off
Tibetan Painting Thangka Wealth God Jambhala Hand Painted
Located in Somis, CA
A finely painted Tibetan Thangka featuring the five wealth gods Jambhala. In the center the most powerful Yellow Jambhala sits on a lotus throne in the vajra position with his right ...
Category
2010s Nepalese Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$742 Sale Price
44% Off
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels.
A pair or Vietnamese works Each one standing over 6-Feet tall, Intricately inlaid with numerous characters and threads, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very strong woodblock print
Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Our army's victorious attack on Seonghwan, Mizuno Toshikata 1866–1908
or
Hurrah and Hurrah Again for the Great E...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$1,265 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Scroll Painting of Countryside Person Carry Basket of Flowers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Scroll Painting of countryside person with traditional dress carry basket of flowers
Ink on paper mounted on a scroll
Overall size:...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$1,800 Sale Price
35% Off
China Beautiful Natural Mountain Waters Desktop "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone marble "painting" of a mountain backdrop fronted by a peaceful body of water, is both unique and remarkable.
Called a dream stone Shih-hua it was 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.
Handsome custom hard wood frame
This particular dream stone is special- it is considered a master work of fine natural detail. We have had it framed in a handsome hardwood tabletop arts and crafts style frame...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$2,280 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Century Painted Wood Fragment Gilt Red Lacquer
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful red lacquered, solid wood fragment painted with an opera scene of victory celebration, featuring various figures dressed in official uniforms and crowns. Remnant gold lea...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$330 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid-19th Century Chinese Painting on Rice or Pith Paper
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century Chinese Painting on Rice or Pith Paper. Gouache or opaque watercolor of a student & attendants. Note remarkable details including marble panelled chair...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$384 Sale Price
68% Off
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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$1,600 Sale Price
64% Off
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone, Marble
$220 Sale Price
51% Off
Japanese Landscape Painting on Gilt Wood Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4013 Hand painted Japanese landscape on gilt wood panel.
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$450 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print - Kitagawa Utamuro - Nyobo no aiko
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Utamara Kitagawo
This is a print I am not sure how to intepret. Its around 15x10 so pretty small. There is a There is a larger Identical one in the Rijksmuseum lacking part of the i...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$513 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$930 Sale Price
40% Off
Lovely 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Tree in Ink Waterfall
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hanging scroll "waterfall" silk true work Zaimei (Taishan)
Condition is good
Size: Axis, vertical 198.5 cm horizontal 68.8 cm
Picture, vertical 129 cm horizontal 55 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$713 Sale Price
20% 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...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Marble
$1,340 Sale Price
44% Off
Japanese Edo Period Painting Scroll Ônishi Chinnen '1792 - 1851' Artist Signed
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Ônishi Chinnen (1792 - 1851) Schilpadden en bamboo
Rolschildering / scroll op papier, benen rollers. B 125.7 x 48.9 / 179.5 x 59.5 cm
125.7 x 48.9 / 179.5 x 59.5 cm.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$1,473 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Edo Period Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Saeki Kishi Ganku Dragon Clouds
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Saeki Kishi Ganku "NoboriRyuzu" silk painting hanging scroll with box
Size Axis ... vertical 163.5cm horizontal 43cm
picture ... vertical 96cm horizont...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$1,291 Sale Price
25% Off
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, ...
Category
1990s American Expressionist Paintings and Screens
Materials
Acrylic, Paint
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Jade
$3,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print - Hiroshige - Yoshiwara: The Fifty-Three Stati
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$513 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Japanese Scene Meiji Period Painting Japan Artist Village Scene
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice painting.
The prunus on the trees is in relief, very cool.
Condition:
Overall condition some minimal age signs to frame 410 x 510mm approximate.
Period:
20th century...
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$808 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$10,500 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$3,500 Sale Price
22% Off
Hiroshige Utagawa "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Kameido" Woodblock Ukiyo-e
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hiroshige Utagawa "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Kameido"
Condition
vertical width /114.5cm width /30.3Cm (actual paper) vertica...
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$855 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Nihonga Scene Meiji/Taisho Period Scroll Japan Artist Painting
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Nihonga scene Meiji/Taisho period scroll Japan artist painting. Painting size: (Width x height) mm 525 x 1499.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$617 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Sculptures and Carvings
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 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 Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$2,800 Sale Price
49% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Utagawa Toyokuni l - 1816 (Honjo, Edo Period 1780
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Utagawa Toyokuni l - 1816 (Honjo, Edo Period 1786-1865 Edo),
Diptych,
Actors Bandô Mitsugorô R) and Ichikawa Danjûrô (L)
日付: Japanese, Edo period
Pro...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$1,666 Sale Price
20% Off
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 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
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Dutch Lady with Child and Servant - Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Dutch Lady with Child and Servant - Meiji Period
attributed to Utagawa Kuniteru II
Yokohama-e - Yokohama-e are prints depicting foreigners in Yokoha...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$811 Sale Price
20% 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- 31.75''H x 25''W x .25''D
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Paint
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Bamboo
$1,279 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Chinese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting.
Good condition and lovely colors
Category
20th Century Chinese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$4,523 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price
42% Off
Japanese Beautiful Bronze Lady With A Brimmed Hat
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan a lovely, sensitive cast bronze sculpture of a woman proudly showing her Newport Hat.
Designed and cast by by noted Japanese mid century sculptor Tabath Isao.
This is a class...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
86% Off
Large Japanese or Korean Tiger Rest and Grooming in the Forest, Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large Scroll Painting of Japanese or Korean painting of tiger rest and grooming in the forest. Ink and color on silk. Artist signed and one artist s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$2,800 Sale Price
26% Off
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Kuniteru ll - French Equestrian Circus
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Woodblock - Kuniteru ll - French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple
attributed to Utagawa Kuniteru II
Title: French Equestrian Circus on the...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$1,193 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Japanese 18th-19th Century Edo or Meiji Scroll Painting Seven Lucky God
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and finely painted Japanese painting.
Provenance: From an old family from Kyoto.
width of about 62.0 cm axial destination width of about 67.8 cm × length of about 1...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$1,330 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovely Early 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Meiji Artist Signed
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a hanging scroll made in the Meiji or Taisho period
Condition: Some stains and age related ware:
¦ Axis ... vertical 200.5cm next to 49.5cm
Painting ... vertical 113.3cm h...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
$1,092 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Brass Framed Painting 'Wedding'
Located in Milano, IT
Antique and very rare Japanese painting made in the early 1900s by a fine Japanese manufacturer.
The painting has a rectangular brass frame with rounded corners. Internally we see an...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Thangka Green Tara w Mantra Hand Painted Tibetan Painting
Located in Somis, CA
A finely gilded, hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting the beloved Green Tara. Seated lalita asana, Tara has her right foot on a pendulous lotus in the motion of stepping down from ...
Category
2010s Nepalese Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$675 Sale Price
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Artists Suiho Yano Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Nihonga
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, it is a work of "Basho / Sparrow" drawn by Midori Yano.
Under Basho, this work skillfully depicts the appearance of sparrows forming a flock and singing food.
«Su...
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$1,132 Sale Price
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ntique Woodblock Print Ukiyo-e Kunisada UTAGAWA (1786-1865) - "Utagawa Kunisada
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely figural print
Kunisada UTAGAWA (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865) - "The Tale of Genji"
Utagawa Kunisada
The Tale of Genji - Chapter 12
Condition
Woodblock in good condition, ...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$513 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Decorative Wall Plate of Spring
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$761 Sale Price
20% 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- 38''H x 34''W x .25''D
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Paint
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Hanging Scroll, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese hanging scroll or Kakejiku, circa 1890, depicting bamboo grass and a rabbit, framed by top and bottom ribbons of brocade silk.
In ...
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
$2,624 Sale Price
20% Off
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