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Style: Qing
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...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Treasures of the Scholars
Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
Qing-Dynasty Erotic Scroll Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
A pillow book was meant to teach a young bride about the art of lovemaking. This rare museum-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully pai...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
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...
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Late 19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Spring Rain - Vertical Chinese Landscape with Waterfalls and Mountains
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring Rain - Vertical Chinese Landscape with Waterfalls and Mountains
Idyllic landscape with a massive waterfall by an unknown artist (20th ...
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20th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
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 Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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 “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations imagined the sensual delights of courtly life.
Taken from an album of erotic paintings, this framed leaf departs from a tradition of depicting lovers in risqué outdoor settings by picturing an amorous coupling in a distinctly Qing-dynasty interior. The uniquely detailed surroundings shed light on the prevailing aesthetic tastes in decor and furniture of 19th-century China. Note the carved wooden headrest, blue and white censer...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty
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...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. This 19th-century painting is delicately brushed of gouache and ink on fabric and was originally part of a set of eight backing a wooden screen in northern China.
The figure depicted is one of the mythical Eight Immortals of Taoism. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, each of the Eight Immortals represents a different condition in life and together they impart a blessing of prosperity and longevity. Depicted here is immortal Lan Caihe, the patron saint of florists and gardeners. Standing atop a lotus leaf in open water, they hold a gardening hoe in one hand and a basket for flowers...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink, Pigment
"Scholars
Treasures, " Qing-Dynasty Ink Painting on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
A scroll and a small lantern depicted in this 19th-century painting suggest the romantic notion of a Chinese scholar painting in the evening hours. Re...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
"Literary Garden, " Chinese Scroll Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an early 20th century reproduction of a famous...
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Early 20th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
Chinese Folk Drawing of Mythical Qilin, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully detailed and masterfully painted, this painting dating from the turn of the 20th century centers its expressive composition upon a rondel of Chinese symbols. Representing...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Ink
$1,176 Sale Price
37% Off
Pair of Framed Chinese Ancestor Portraits, Ink and Pigment on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, were commissioned specifically for ancestor worship and were believed to house the spirits of the deceased. When properly cared for, one's ancestors were believed to be a powerful source of honor, protection, and good luck.
This pair of ancestor portraits was hand-painted in the 19th century and beautifully depicts a Qing-dynasty couple. While some ancestral portraits offer a more stylized representation of one's ancestors, this particular pair is painted with incredible realism and life-like expressions. Rather than depict the pair in a regal hall wearing elaborate finery, the couple is shown in a quiet home environment, seated at either end of a square tea table. Their surroundings are minimal, practically undecorated, and they wear simple, matching blue silk robes...
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Late 19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pigment, Paper
"Love and Lotus Boys, " Ink on Linen Panels, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawn with a fine line and fresh, sketched quality, this folk hanging unites two scenes of lucky hoho lotus boys circumscribed in frames punctuated with fruits such as pomegranate, symbolic of prosperity and good fortune. On top, the two explore the natural wonders of the world...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Wood, Ink
Chinese Lunar New Year Painted Scroll
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar new year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered 19th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Paper, Pigment
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Qing drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Qing drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 20th Century, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Frequently made by artists working with Ink, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Qing drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 11.75 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,188 and tops out at $20,380, while the average work sells for $1,480.