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Set of Eight Chinese Rice Paper Paintings of Butterflies and Insects
Located in Queens, NY
A set of eight Chinese rice paper paintings of butterflies and insects, 19th century, in giltwood
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Paint

China, Set of Six Chinese Export Birds Paintings on Pith Paper, 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Set of Six Chinese export birds Paintings on Pith Paper, 19th Century A refined series of six
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings

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Paper

Antique Qing Chinese Butterflies Paintings, 19th Century
Located in Long Island City, NY
A collection of six color on rice paper compositions with bright and highly detailed paintings of
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings

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Paper

Three Panels in Rice Paper with a Chinese Decor, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Three panels in rice paper with a Chinese painted decor. A panel figure three birds on branches
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

Chinese Watercolour and Gouache on Pith Paper Painting
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolour painting is on pith paper formerly called rice paper. It depicts a basket filled
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

19th Century Chinese Export Pith Painting of a Junk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century Chinese export pith painting of a junk, likely circa 1830s, having a very finely
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Antique 1830s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

19th Century Chinese Export Pith Painting of a Junk
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century Chinese Export Pith Painting of a Junk, likely circa 1830s, having a very finely
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Antique 1830s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

Pair of Chinese Watercolour and Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolour paintings are on pith paper formerly called rice paper. Each depicts a basket
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

19th Century Chinese Export Pith Painting of Figures in an Interior
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century Chinese export pith painting of figures in an Interior, likely circa 1830s
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Antique 1830s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

19th Century Chinese Export Pith Painting of Figures in an Interior
Located in Nantucket, MA
Early 19th century Chinese Export pith painting of figures in an interior, likely circa 1830s
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Antique 1830s Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

Chinese Ink and Guache Scroll Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
This nice antique scroll painting is done is an ink wash with gauche and gilding onto rice paper
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

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Silk, Paper

Three China Trade Picture Groupings of 12 Miniature Paintings of Butterflies
Located in Downingtown, PA
Three China trade picture groupings of 12 miniature paintings of butterflies, circa 1860 The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Rice Paper

[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies.
Located in London, London
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. Group of 12 flowers and insects. Mid to late
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rice Paper, Gouache

China Trade Watercolor Paintings of Chinese Sampans and Junks- A Set of Twelve
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade Watercolor Paintings of Chinese Sampans and Junks, A Set of Twelve, Circa 1850. A
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

Fine 19th Century Chinese School Watercolour - The Empress
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th century Chinese School portrait of a regal Empress, beautifully executed in
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Fine 19th Century Chinese School Watercolour - The Emperor
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th century Chinese School portrait of a regal Emperor, beautifully executed in
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Chinese 19th Century Watercolour - Butterfly Amongst the Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Chinese watercolour and gouache painting on rice paper. The colours are strikingly
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19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Yue Fei", Chinese Historical Folk Hero, Late Qing Dynasty Stele Rubbing, Ink
Located in Detroit, MI
, he lived during the 12th century Southern Song dynasty in what is now Henan, China. Yue Fei has
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Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Rice Paper

Set of Six 19th Century Chinese Ricepaper Paintings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A set of six original 19th Century Chinese watercolour paintings on rice paper of junks and sampans
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Drawings

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Paper

Set Of 12 Chinese Gouaches Of Sailing Vessels junks
Located in Stamford, CT
vessels known as Junks. On rice paper with silk mats and gilt wood faux bamboo frames. Note
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

A Chinese Watercolour of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolor painting of exotic birds on pith paper (formerly called rice paper) within églomisé
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

A Chinese Watercolour of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolor painting of exotic birds on pith paper (formerly called rice paper) within églomisé
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Fine Brush Painting Of a Swimming Fish Amid In Weeds
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined and elegant Chinese brush painting of a swimming fish amid in weeds, ink and color on
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

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Ink

A Set of Four Chinese Watercolours of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolours of different birds are painted on pith paper (sometimes erroneously called rice
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

A Pair of Chinese Watercolour Pith Pictures of Sampans.
Located in Downingtown, PA
The pair of Chinese watercolours are painted in watercolour on pith paper. Each depicts a
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Framed 19th Century Watercolour - Junk Ship
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate 19th century Chinese watercolour of a Junk Ship at sea. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Set of Six 19th Century Chinese Export Pith Paintings of Junks
Located in Stamford, CT
, beautifully framed and matted. During the 18th and 19th centuries many port cities of China, especially
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Art

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Paper

A Set of Six Chinese Watercolours of Birds in Églomisé Frames
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade watercolours, although produced as early as the late 18th century, enjoyed the height
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

Pair of Chinese Watercolour and Gouache on Pith Paper Painting
Located in Downingtown, PA
The watercolour paintings are on pith paper formerly called rice paper. Each depicts a basket
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

China Trade Set of Twelve Botanical Flower Pith Paper Paintings
Located in Downingtown, PA
China trade set of twelve botanical flower pith paper paintings, decoupage frames, circa 1840
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Decorative Art

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Paint

Set of Seven Chinese Watercolours of Fruit on Pith
Located in Downingtown, PA
as rice paper. Pith comes from the central column of spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

A Fine Set of Four China Trade Watercolours of Birds
Located in Downingtown, PA
exchanges appeared in the 16th century, when Italian Jesuit missionaries began filtering into China; as the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

A Set of Nine Chinese Export Botanical Watercolours of Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
China and the West…” Although produced in the mid-19th century, the works remain as naïve, exotic and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portraits, Senior Official Ninth Rank - A Pair
Located in Pasadena, CA
A pair of early 20th-century Chinese ancestral paintings executed in ink and color on rice paper
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20th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

A Particularly Large Chinese Watercolour of a Basket of Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
The painting on pith paper depicts a large openwork basket containing a massive arrangement of
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Drawings

A Set of Twelve Large China Trade Watercolours of Junks and Sampans
Located in Downingtown, PA
remained popular for centuries. The earliest China Trade pictures were produced on both Chinese and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art

Portraits of Chinese Military.
Located in London, GB
China Export Watercolours on Pith Paper. A set of 10 watercolour and gouache studies on pith
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19th Century Mixed Media

Three 19th Century Chinese Export Rice Pith Paper watercolors of birds
By 19th Century Chinese school
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming trio of 19th century watercolors on pith (rice) paper of exotic birds. With lovely
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19th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rice Paper

19th Century Chinese Folio Gouache Rice Paper Paintings
Located in Lymington, GB
A set of five Chinese antique gouache 'rice' paper paintings, featuring Chinese junks and duck
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Antique 1880s Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Set of Eight Chinese Rice Paper Paintings of Butterflies and Insects
Located in Queens, NY
A set of eight Chinese rice paper paintings of butterflies and insects, 19th century, in giltwood
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Paint

Chinese Watercolor Painting of Immortal on Rice Paper, Qing, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
A beautifully painted Chinese water-colour from the late 19th century, circa 1900 The painting
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 19th Century, Beautiful Pair of Chinese Watercolor Paintings on Pith Paper
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
and Taiwan. Pith paper is often confused with rice paper. It was used for centuries in China for
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Set of Six 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
Located in Stamford, CT
, painted on pith paper. Beautifully framed and matted. During the 18th and 19th centuries many port cities
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings

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Paper

Chinese gouache on rice paper of an imperial dragon boat, 19th century (framed)
Located in Langweer, NL
Chinese gouache on rice paper of an imperial dragon boat, 19th century A finely painted Chinese
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Chinese Export Watercolours on Pith Paper, set of twelve Shells
Located in London, GB
claim that their paintings on pith (often erroneously called "rice paper" or "mulberry pith") come from
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Early 19th Century Qing Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Japanese Screen, 19th Century, Rabbits and Horsetail Reeds on Silver Leaf
By Nenma
Located in Kyoto, JP
. 19th century. The scene depicted here is set under moonlight, with two hares hidden amongst Japanese
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

China Trade Watercolor Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
unique artworks created by Chinese artists for the Western market in the mid-19th century. Each painting
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Art

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Paper

"Mannenbashi Bridge at Fukagawa" - Original 1820 s Woodblock Print
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Soquel, CA
the Katsukawa School. During his lifetime, Hokusai was known as the leading expert on Chinese painting
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1820s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Egret and Mt. Fuji - Woodblock Print
By Katsushika Hokusai
Located in Soquel, CA
on Chinese painting in Japan. He is best-known for the woodblock print series 36 Views of Mount Fuji
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1820s Edo Figurative Prints

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Ink, Woodcut, Rice Paper

Twelve Early 19th Century Chinese Export Rice Paper Court Scenes
Located in London, GB
A very fine group of twelve early 19th century Chinese Export rice paper watercolors, each
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Bamboo, Giltwood, Paper

Twelve Early 19th Century Chinese Export Rice Paper Court Scenes
Located in London, GB
A very fine group of twelve early nineteenth century Chinese Export rice paper watercolours, each
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1830s Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rice Paper

19th Century Chinese Export Pith Rice Paper Painting Warrior In Hanging Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid 19th Century circa 1850's Chinese Export rice paper pith painting set within an arched cut
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Mirrors

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Metal

Set of 15 Chinese Pith Paper Paintings
Located in Paris, FR
These fifteen "rice paper" sheets are painted with bodycolour. This name "rice paper “” still in
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Chinese Ancestral Painting
Located in Sarasota, FL
rice paper then mounted on silk.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings

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Wood, Paint, Silk

Buddhist Arhat Monk Chinese Painting
Located in Sarasota, FL
A Chinese framed painting on rice paper; subject is one single figure of a Buddhist Arhat Monk
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Pair Fine Chinese Tempera Paintings in Burl Frames, c. 1840
Located in New York, NY
Distinctive Pair of Fine Chinese Tempera Figural Paintings on Rice Paper in Modern Burl Frames
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Antique 19th Century Chilean Paintings

Pair of Large Chinese Emperor Empress Scrolls
Located in Sarasota, FL
A pair of Chinese ancester hand-painted on rice paper on silk scrolls, (portrait of Emperor and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Silk

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19th Century Chinese Rice Paper Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, paint and wood. We have 77 antique and vintage 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings are of considerable interest. Many 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings are appealing in their simplicity, but Houqua and Nenma produced popular 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings that are worth a look.

How Much are 19th Century Chinese Rice Paper Paintings?

Prices for 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, 19th century Chinese rice paper paintings begin at $278 and can go as high as $59,500, while the average can fetch as much as $2,500.