Long YAO ceremonial DRAGON BRIDGE Taoist God Painting

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1900: item #1103090

A long, rare and attractive horizontal Mien Yao ceremonial procession scroll "DRAGON BRIDGE", circa 1890, Southern China, painted on rice or mulberry paper. Iconographically important in Daoist art. Condition: overall good, some minor effects of aging. Size: L 365 cm x H. 17 cm. Collector's item, difficult to find complete and in this condition. For further information/history on Lantien & Mien Yao paintings please refer to "Yao Ceremonial Paintings" by Jacques Lemoine. Publisher: White Lotus, B... Click for details

18th Century Mongolian Thankga of a Guardian Deity

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1800: item #1076874
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18th Century Mongolian Thankga of a Guardian Deity General on a White Horse. 27 x 19.25 inches, 68.5 x 49 cm.

Pair of Daoist Scroll Painting on Material, #1 of 2

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1920: item #1009313
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A pair of early 20th C Daoist scroll paintings measuring 26" wide and about 62" long each. The paintings are in excellent original condition with extensive use of gold paint for high lights and rank badges. Photos on this page are for the scroll on the left. To see the photos for the other scroll on the right see Trocadero Item # 1009324

Painting of Famous and Stern Judge Po Cheong Cheon

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1900: item #871360
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Chinese Folk Painting of the famous and stern judge Po Cheong Chon, standing to your left and passing judgment. The people kneeling to the right with covered faces have been found guilty. A wonderful and rare portrayal with a bright 'folk palette' of beautiful colors, beautifully framed and matted with silk brocade. Mineral pigments on paper. Frame: 37w x 35.25h inches, 94 x 89.5 cm; Painting: 26.5 w x 25h inches, 67.5w x 63.5h cm.

Mermaid Folk Painting by Luo Zhi Jiang

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 2000: item #831702
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In vibrant shades of blue on a black background, this painting by Chinese folk artist Luo Zhi Jiang has a sophisticated, dream-like quality that seems worlds away from the painter’s rural home base in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province. Luo Zhi Jiang is one of the few Chinese so-called “peasant painters” to establish a reputation abroad. We first met the artist at the Huxian Painting Community in the early 1990s and were struck by his vision and talent. Since then he has had solo shows in London a... Click for details

Chinese Folk Painting of Goats at Sunset

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 2000: item #813130
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The white goats in this colorful Chinese folk painting climb a blue/green hill tinged with red by the huge setting sun. Gouache on paper, this piece from Huxian County in Shaanxi Province is unsigned, as was generally the case for art from China’s peasant painting communities. The Huxian painting community was established in 1958, and from there the movement spread across China, growing to 51 such rural groups by 1989.(For an overview of paintings from many such communities, see “The Best in Mod... Click for details

Chinese Filial Honor Folk Woodcut

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1980: item #786953
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Filial respect, a cornerstone of Chinese culture, is portrayed in this woodblock print from the Huxian painting community in Shaanxi Province. Although sometimes attributed solely to Confucian thought, filial piety has been of paramount importance within all belief systems in China and throughout most other Asian countries as well. There is charm and nostalgia in this glimpse back into China's not very distant past. The woodcut was produced in a rural painting cooperative that was one of about f... Click for details

Folk Painting From Chinese Mountain Village

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 1990: item #776684
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A Chinese folk painting from a remote village in the mountains of Yijun County, Shaanxi Province, shows a mythical beast with feathery fangs and a pinwheel on his rump. Paintings from this isolated community above the tree line, drawing on centuries-old embroidery and papercut patterns used by the women of the village, often featured extraordinary creatures in fantasy-like settings. The work of Yijun's peasant painters is included in "The Best of Modern Chinese Folk Painting," published by Fore... Click for details

Folk Painting of Luochuan in Shaanxi Province

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 2000: item #768880
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This charming Chinese folk painting of embroidered felt liners for shoes comes from a rural area in the north of Shaanxi Province. It was painted by a peasant woman who used for her subject the embroidery she was doing for her children, and so merges the centuries-old folk tradition of needlework with the later artistic expression of paint on paper. The Luochuan painting community was among more than 50 such groups that began emerging in China in the late 1950s. (See "The Best of Modern Chinese ... Click for details

Chinese Folk Painting of Sheep Herders

Chinese: Folk Art: Primitive Paintings Pre 2000: item #759764
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In a folk painting from a rural painting community in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province, a herd of fluffy longhorn sheep are brought down a mountain path by a young boy and girl. The painter, in an inspired flight of fancy, adorned the sides of the sheep with colorful circular designs of pinwheels, flowers and stars. Gouache on paper, the piece is unsigned as was generally the case for art from China's peasant painting communities. Huxian was the site of the first such community, established in 19... Click for details