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Set of 19th Century Hand-Painted Table/Wall Screen with 12 Panels, Double Sided
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
calligraphy and gilt relief-carved 8 immortals and floral in cartouches Red, black & gilt lacquer over
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Softwood, Giltwood, Lacquer

Set of 5 Japanese Prints of Samurai
By Kuniyoshi
Located in Woodbury, CT
information on the backs. Fierce warriors in bright color, surrounded by calligraphy. Not examined out of
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Paper

Silver Inlaid Islamis Brass Koran Box, Damascus, Syria, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Skillfully hand inlaid and engraved with Islamic motif and Kufic Calligraphy. Inlaid with silver
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Early 1900s Syrian Islamic Antique Calligraphy

Early 13th Century, Turquoise Kashan Bowl, Iran
By Kashan
Located in London, GB
century. Decorated with figures and calligraphy.
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15th Century and Earlier Persian Other Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Ceramic

Late 19th-Early 20th Century, French Mosque Lantern
Located in London, GB
Late 19th century-early 20th century, French Mosque lantern with Arabic calligraphy made for the
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Late 19th Century French Other Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Glass

Late 19th-Early 20th Century, Rare Bronze Gilded with Arabic Motifs
By Tiffany Co.
Located in London, GB
Late 19th-early 20th century, rare bronze gilded with Arabic motifs and calligraphy (usually made
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Late 19th Century American Other Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain Cachepot, Vases, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Great quality with enamel and gilt decoration and gilding. There is Chinese calligraphy on the
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Porcelain

Large Brass, Copper and Silver Incense Burner Syria or Egypt, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
red copper. Very beautiful calligraphy in kufic and thuluth writing on all sides and tray, in
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19th Century Egyptian Islamic Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Silver, Brass, Copper

Famille Rose Vase With Two Warriors
Located in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
A porcelain vase with decorations of two warriors and calligraphy. Seal marked Daoguang and of
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Porcelain

17th Century Safavid Tinned Copper Footed Basin
Located in London, GB
decorated with a panel of cartouches containing floriated abstract or calligraphic engravings.
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17th Century Persian Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Copper

Nature Root Sculpture
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An aged "Nature Calligraphy". A beautiful wall display, or standing sculpture.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

Japanese Marquetry 19th Century Writing Box
Located in Chicago, IL
as a writing or calligraphy box.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy

19th Century Korean Hardwood Bandaji Blanket Chest with Iron Mounts
Located in Concord, MA
front revealing a single shelf lined with calligraphic paper on both sides. Dimensions: 33 x 36 1/2 x 19
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19th Century Korean Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Iron

18th Century Chinese Black Elmwood Armoire, Shanxi Province
Located in Glen Ellyn, IL
has all original lacquer with remnants of gold decorative calligraphy and figural that are just barely
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18th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

20th Century Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Geisha Sphere Sculpture and Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
sculpture. Hand painted embossed enamel with 22-karat gold detail and calligraphy, this 8 inch diameter
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Gold

Chinese Libation Bowl, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Chinese style Islamic (Cini) calligraphy. Imitating talismanic charts and writing.
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Ceramic

18th Century French Boulle Vanity Box with Four Perfume Bottles
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
. There are initials appearing to be FAB engraved in calligraphy on the top of the box.
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18th Century French Napoleon III Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Brass

12th-13th Century, a Khurasan Bronze Mortar, Persia
Located in London, GB
12th-13th century, A Khurasan bronze mortar, Persia. The body engraved with a calligraphic band
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15th Century and Earlier Persian Other Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bronze

Earthenware Slipware Circular Dish with Pierced Holes, Late 18th Century
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
elaborate calligraphic honey colored trailing slip. The dish has been made with a center grouping of "v
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1790s English Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

Antique Chinese Carved Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes were generally kept in the brush pots but
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bamboo

Double Panel Moroccan Wooden Door, Brown 23MD40
Located in Orlando, FL
. Old age visible throughout the entire panel. Old style with old carvings and beautiful calligraphy all
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1920s Moroccan Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

Double Panel Moroccan Wooden Door, Yellow 23MD39
Located in Orlando, FL
. Old age visible throughout the entire panel. Old style with old carvings and beautiful calligraphy all
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1920s Moroccan Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

Fine Chinese Bamboo Root Carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
pots were used by Chinese and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bamboo

Persian copper bowl, 17th C
Located in London, GB
Engraved with a register of calligraphy below the rim and the rest of the body covered with elegant
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18th Century and Earlier Persian Antique Calligraphy

Fine Chinese Qing Dynasty black Lacquer Gilt Caligraphy Sign
Located in New York, NY
Chinese 18th Century Calligraphy sign relief carved and gilded letters and relief carved persimmon
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Calligraphy

A ¨Pair of Ming Dynasty Painted and Carved Stone Panels
Located in San Francisco, CA
calligraphy in red. 52" H x 22.5" W.
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Stone

Early German Handwoven Hemp and Linen Grainsack, Rare Original Graphics
Located in Glen Ellyn, IL
Early German handwoven grain sack with original calligraphy and graphics. It was made from linen
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Late 19th Century German Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Linen

Double Panel Moroccan Wooden Door, Light Brown 23MD43
Located in Orlando, FL
calligraphy all-over. The perfect add-on to your décor, uses it as a functional door, or even makes it into a
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1920s Moroccan Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Large Camphor Fur Chest on a Base with Hidden Wooden Rollers
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
, scroll paintings & calligraphy, and valuables due to its insect-repelling properties. Camphor (Zhang
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Brass

Rare Traditional Chinese Bamboo Hand-carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes were generally kept in the
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bamboo

Moorish Cabinet, 19th C
Located in London, GB
design and pseudo calligraphy in bone. This cabinet may have been produced by Liberty's of London in the
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19th Century Egyptian Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood, Bone

19th Century Advertising Sign "Motor Boat for Hire" Wood
Located in Berkeley, CA
calligraphy is excellent finished in gold on a stove green. Untouched surface original paint. Please feel
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1920s American Folk Art Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

19th Century Ottoman Drawing for Al-Aqsa
Located in London, GB
. The image is accompanied by a calligraphic passage in nask script: Bismillah Extract from the sura Al
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19th Century Palestinian Other Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Paint

Chinese Porcelain Table Lamp of Large Size
Located in Fresno, CA
with scholars in courtly pursuits, the reverse with Chinese calligraphy. Probably Republican period
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1910s Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Large Japanese Ceramic Vase by Makuzu Kozan
Located in Christchurch, GB
, landscapes and calligraphy, the delicate foot rim has been decorated with a band of overlapping waves with
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19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Ceramic

A Persian Islamic 19th Century Silver and Copper Inlaid Brass Tray
Located in Minneapolis, MN
motif. The interior decorated with large calligraphic medallions in Thuluth script and intertwining
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19th Century Syrian Islamic Antique Calligraphy

Early American Surveyor s Trade Sign
Located in Hadley, MA
, Surveyor". Wonderful use of SEVEN color paint scheme, with excellent calligraphy. Square nailed, applied
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19th Century American Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Pine

Antique School Sign with Great Motto
Located in New York, NY
on either side set forth the school's motto. A large sign with beautiful calligraphy. From Shanxi
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Pine

Qajar Openwork Brass Incense Burner Cover, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
tendrils and flowers between cartouches engraved with Islamic calligraphy and figures in Qajar dress
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19th Century Persian Islamic Antique Calligraphy

19th Century, Mamluk Revival Brass Openwork Incense Burner, Egypt
Located in London, GB
vines, calligraphic cartouches and panels pierced with openwork decoration, rises to a finial in the
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19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Brass

Early German Handwoven Hemp and Linen Grainsack, Original Graphics, Pig
Located in Glen Ellyn, IL
Early German handwoven hemp and linen grain sack with original calligraphy and graphics. It was
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Early 20th Century German Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Hemp

17th Century Brass Safavid Candlestick
Located in London, GB
, horizontal floriated bands and a main calligraphic band. The upper section with horizontal strips floriated
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17th Century Persian Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Brass

Lidded Jar with Incised Poem by Otagaki Rengetsu
Located in Berlin, Berlin
for her excellent skills in calligraphy and pottery. She was born as illegitimate daughter of a
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Stoneware

Horse (UMA)Painted on Cedar Wood(HINOKI)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
calligraphy of patrons names and offerings. The Japanese use the white horse to send messages to heaven. The
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19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Copper

Antique Chinese Hall Seat Bench Heavily Carved Qing Dynasty, 19th Century, 1860
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
five panels carved in relief above a calligraphic panel, flanked by spindles, with open arms, the
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1860s Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Elm

Raoul Dufy (French, 1877–1953), Regatta 1938. Published by NYGS c1940s
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Littlehampton, West Sussex
calligraphic brushstrokes. The artist's breezy yet experimental use of color was influenced both by Claude
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19th Century Antique Calligraphy

14th Century Islamic Ilkhanid Green Glazed Ewer
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Fine and rare early Islamic ewer with cylindrical body and moulded calligraphy on the upper part
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18th Century and Earlier Persian Antique Calligraphy

Bronze Incense Burner or Washer, Qing Dynasty, Signed
Located in SOMIS, CA
Stunning bronze bowl is both an incense burner and a washer used to hold water for calligraphy
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Bronze

Canoe Paddle with Image of Identified State of Maine Rustic Lodge
Located in North Egremont, MA
wonderful calligraphic script name "Stone". A rare folk art find of graphic appeal depicting a
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Late 19th Century Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

Chinese ink rubbing of cranes, mounted as a scroll.
Located in New York, NY
), lotus and water images. Painting and calligraphy done by Zhu Jiyi. Stele outlines drawn by Zhou Zaifeng
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Paper

Chinese Qing Dynasty Deep Green Hetian Jade Dragon Seal with Zitan Wood Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Square shape, the dragon-shaped button, all four sides with gold calligraphy and characters of xiaozhuan
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Jade

Voor Vrijheid en Vaderland.
By H.W. Kloek
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
movement. With delicate calligraphy penwork lettering below the image. Several medallions showing portraits
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Late 18th Century Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Ink, Pen

Antique 19th Century Large Chinese Soap Stone Brush Pot, circa 1890
Located in GB
calligraphy. The brushes would be rinsed and stored in the pot with their handle down so that the bundles of
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1890s Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Stone

Antique Tabriz Rug
By Narvani
Located in RÉDING, FR
with poetic calligraphy of the famous poet: "Omar Khayyam". Woven rug with very fine detail and
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Early 20th Century Tabriz Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wool

A four-panel Japanese screen (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
, holding a brush and writing calligraphy on a scroll; a man and his attendant walking on a path looking
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19th Century Japanese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Brocade, Ink

Antique Chinese Domestic Blue-and-white Stoneware Plate
Located in New York, NY
Scroll pattern with calligraphic vine tendrils and pointy flower heads contained within and around the
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Antique Door with Mulberry Symbol and Phoenix
Located in SOMIS, CA
symbolizing honor and grace of a lady. One character in the calligraphy style reads “Mulberry,"
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19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy

Materials

Wood

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Antique Calligraphy For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of antique calligraphy for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and paper. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect item from our selection of antique calligraphy — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A choice in our collection of antique calligraphy is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one object in our assortment of antique calligraphy that is appealing in its simplicity, but Emad Al-Molk Qazvini Hasani, J. L. Lobmeyr Company and J. L. Lobmeyr produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Calligraphy?

The average selling price for a piece of antique calligraphy at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $100 on the low end and $25,000 for the highest priced.