Pair of 19th century Chinese paper fans very finely and densely painted in extensive detail with figural scenes. One fan painting features beauties at a temple surrounded by clouds holding celestial maidens and a deer. A monkey is paying homage to a female who is seated on a lotus throne. The second fan painting depicts a scene with beauties engaged in various scholarly leisure activities. The fans date from the 19th century. They have been recently custom framed with archival materials against ... Click for details
This is a heavy inkstone of rectangular form raised on supporting feet with a large grinding area and what is probably an integrated water reservoir rather than a reserve for storing prepared ink. Integral water reservoirs are found on many inkstones of the Song Dynasty and this use probably survived into the early Ming although the separate water coupe or water dropper was more popular. The elongated, diamond-shaped reservoir with scalloped edges is emphasized by a raised lip, and an overhang... Click for details
A nice Chinese watercolor on silk painting of a mountain scene with a monastery garden retreat by a river. Two men are conversing in the background. Artist seal, lower right. Mounted on card board, it measures 17" across by 13" high.
This is a lovely delicate print of two court ladies sitting and reading a scroll. They sit on a bench amongst a landscape of craggy rocks and many trees. The coloring is much more delicate than is normally found. The print measures 7 3/" by 4" and is in excellent condition - it is backed with a stiff paper backing. It is not signed. We date it to the middle of the 19th century, Qing dynasty.
a) Sze, Mai-mai, The Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting. translated from the Chinese and edited by Mai-mai Sze, Princeton University Press: Princeton 1978 (second printing). (Good clean copy) b) Priest, Alan, Chinese Flower and Fruit Prints From the Mustard Seed Garden and Ten Bamboo Studios-Metropolitan Museum of Art. American Studio Books/Holme Press, Inc.: New York/London 1946. Hardcover binding with twelve loo... Click for details
A lovely paper fan featuring two beautiful Chinese maidens. Beautifully painted, this fan has been wonderfully preserved using the best archival acid free paper available, it is further protected by a UV filtering glass pane. This very early 20th C. (1910) is sure to please as it has all the features of a Chinese poem with artist seal intact. The fan itself measures 21" long. The framed size measures 30" long x 20” high.
A Chinese paper fan, beautifully painted, depicting Liu Hai and his three legged toad. This fan has been wonderfully preserved using the best archival acid free paper available, it is further protected by a UV filtering glass pane. This very early 20th C. (1910) is sure to please as it has all the features of a Chinese poem with artist seal intact. The fan measures 21" long. The frame measures 30" long by 20" high.
DESCRIPTION: A Qing Dynasty Chinese scroll painting depicting a seated Chinese deity with a large blue foo dog mask in his lap and two attendants at his feet. All figures have ornate colorful robes of black, green and red and have auroras around their heads. An inscription can be found at the lower middle between the two attendants. CONDITION: “Waves” in paper from being rolled; colors and images are bright; painting has been remounted on white paper-backed silk. DIMENSIONS: Image is 47 3/4... Click for details
An Introduction to the Study of Chinese painting; by Arthur Waley, assistant in the British Museum, London: Ernest Benn, 1923 (xii+262 pp., 6 color plates and 44 b/w ills., percaline sheets).
Covers and spine slightly dented and rubbed, pages yellowed, otherwise good condition.
Osvald Siren: Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. Part I; The First Millennium (3 vols.), London: Lund Humphries/New York: Ronald Press, 1956. Vol.I: Early Chinese Paintings (xi+235pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.) Vol.II: The Sung Period (vi+189pp. and annotated lists 95pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.) ... Click for details
