A small format Chinese painting from the 19th century. Exceptionally detailed and realistically portrayed dragon eye goldfish frolic amongst water plants. In rich orange and reflective black pigments, their rotund bodies and bulging eyes contrast sharply with the graceful movements of their fanlike tails and fins. In Chinese culture the goldfish (jingyu) is the ultimate symbol of wealth and abundance. Jing literally means gold and yu sounds like abundance.
Painted on silk the work is in go... Click for details
These striking Chinese calligraphy panels celebrate two of the most magnificent creatures in Buddhist and Taoist legends--the crane and the dragon. Portraits of cranes, most revered of birds, and dragons, chief among reptiles, have appeared for centuries in temples and houses as symbols of admirable traits and good fortune. The calligraphy on one panel reads, "The sea is the world of the dragon," and the companion panel says, "The sky is the homeland of the crane." The beneficent Chinese dragon,... Click for details
"Stairway to Heaven #2" by Lau Yan Tsun. Mixed media; acrylic paint, Chinese paper mounted on canvas. 1.1 meter x 1.1 meter.
Artist's Brief: Lau Yan Tsun is a self-taught painter. His interest in
fine arts emerged while studing visual Arts in Toronto, Canada
during 1970's. Returning to Hong Kong in 1983, he worked in various
types of visual media. He took up calligraphy in 1989 and this led
him more exclusively into painting. Lau has tra... Click for details
Two panels of Chinese calligraphy convey an exotic and compelling vision: “In the amber light . . . hear the sound of drums and dance and fly like a bird.” Written in free-flowing cursive script, these late 20th century panels are mounted on grey silk appropriate for framing or scrolling. A fascinating window into Chinese history, calligraphy began with oracle bone script in the 11th and 12 centuries BC and progressed through various styles of script—seal, clerical, standard, and cursive. Among ... Click for details
Beautiful antique Chinese painting of two celestial ancestors standing with halos and clouds billowing around them, a white rabbit peeks out from behind their intricately decorated dragon robes, painted with colorful mineral pigments on silk, 18th century.
Size: 33" high x 18 1/2" wide.
Canal houses just steps away from the water are shrouded in early morning mist in this watercolor by contemporary Shanghai painter Zhao-Nian Xi. The left side of the painting is blank, a variation of a compositional formula of the Southern Sung school used quite often by this artist. (For another example, see our stock #36-58.) In this work, the empty space intensifies the quiet early morning feel of the scene. The water is suggested by a few white lines and faint reflections. The monochromatic ... Click for details
Shanghai contemporary artist Zhao-Nian Xi represents his country's beloved Huangshan Mountain in this watercolor by devoting the major portion of the painting to the sky. Occupying most of the space from the lower left corner to upper right corner, the sky communicates the vastness and heights of Huangshan's peaks. The technique is a variation of the "one corner" compositional formula of the Southern Sung school, which leaves half the picture nearly blank, adding tension to the subject. This art... Click for details
This original contemporary 20th Century Chinese watercolor painting measures 24 by 50 inches (painting only) and about 28 by 72 inches, including the brocaded scroll it is mounted on.
It has the seals and signature of the artist, Yang Ruifen along with what appears to be one collector's seal. Yang Ruifen (1950- ) is a contemporary artist ... Click for details
This original contemporary Chinese ink and watercolor painting measures 25 1/2 by 52 inches (painting only) and 29 by 72 inches, including the silk brocaded scroll it is mounted on.
It has two seals and the signature of the artist (undetermined at this time) along the left edge. It also has three additional collector's seal (along the rig... Click for details
Charming painting in oil on canvas of 2 Chinese men outside a brick building, one man is standing and watching another man engaged in writing or painting at a small table set up on the wooden boardwalk near the steps of a building, wonderfully painted, framed, signed: P.A. Morgan.
Size: 25" wide x 21 1/2" high
