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Two Panels Japanese Folding Screen Gold Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
lacquered frames and the silk border are original. On request we can provide metal hooks to hang the flat
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Silver Moon and Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen, silver moon and bamboo on gold, a silver leaf moon seen through a bamboo forest and low hanging gold leaf clouds. Mineral pigments painted on heavy gold le...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Kimono on Rack
Located in Hudson, NY
Kimono fabric applied to silver ground and painted kimono rack. Robe decorated in peony, chrysanthemum, bamboo, and a scroll. Old repairs on silver as shown. Priced accordingly.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Meiji Period Six Panel Screen Ducks in Water Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a serene water landscape with ducks and songbirds amid Momiji (red maple) hibiscus, and morning glory. Made in the Nihon...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Pair of Japanese Meiji Screens Country Village Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
artist or painter made in the Nihonga school style. The paintings feature ink and natural color pigments
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass, Gold Leaf

A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, in the manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
and ink on rice paper, surrounded by thickly set gold leaf border, and Japanese silk outer bordered
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Rimpa School Chrysanthemums on Silver and Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
paper with a silk brocade border. Seal reads: Toshimitsu, Pair available, sold separately.
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Chinese Fishing Boat Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
seaside landscape. Maruyama-Shijo School figural style painting in ink and natural color pigments on
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass, Gold Leaf

18th Century Japanese Two-Panel Kano School Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
over a river with mountains in the background. Set with a silk brocade border in an ebonized wood frame
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass

Japanese Six-Panel Edo Screen of Immortals with Children
Located in Rio Vista, CA
added and set in a lacquered frame with silk border. Maruyama Shijo School with fascinating detail. From
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass

Charles Sillam Lidderdale, The Letter, Oil on Canvas, Portrait of a Young Lady
By Charles Sillem Lidderdale
Located in Montreal, QC
finery. This study gives him an opportunity to show his skill in painting a silk hat. The sitter is
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1880s English Antique Silk Paintings

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Canvas

Japanese Edo Four-Panel Screen of Village Life
Located in Rio Vista, CA
with repaired losses and bright colors. Set in a lacquered frame with a silk brocade border. The frame
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Folding Screen Landscape paint on Gold Leaf Six Panels
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
schools of Japanese painting. The style was consolidated by the brothers Ogata Korin (1658–1716) and Ogata
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen After Tawaraya Sotatsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
into a black lacquered wood frame with a gold silk brocade border. Beautifully painted with delicate
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass

Antique kimono textile art " Kobachi ~Marine Collection~ " by ikasu Blue, Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
This work is inspired by the blue color palette, and is framed in paulownia wood originally used for a kimono chest-of-drawers. In this artwork, the aim was to capture the wide pale...
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Antique kimono textile art " Waves and clouds ~Eternity~ " by ikasu Beige, Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
This work is inspired by traditional hand-dying technique edo-komon, and is framed in paulownia wood originally used for a kimono chest-of-drawers. It is elegantly framed with paulo...
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Antique Vintage Chinese Rigid Hand Fans Decorated Tortoise Shell
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Vintage Chinese Tortoise Shell Rigid Hand Fans in Original Box Box 13.5 x 6.75 x 3.13 tall 1.38 x 5.13 w x .38 fan 7 x 5.38 x 1.38 Preowned original antique vintage con...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Silk Paintings

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Tortoise Shell, Fabric, Silk

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Nadeshiko on Bamboo Trellis on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
and 18th century gold leaf, with good veining, on mulberry paper. Silk brocade border and black
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18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Kano Screens Flowering Cherry of Yoshino Mountain
Located in Rio Vista, CA
mounted into black ebonized frames with a gilt silk brocade border and patinated brass embellishments
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Edo Six Panel Shijo Screen Snowy Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
winter landscape. Ink and gold leaf flecks on hand-crafted paper set in a lacquered frame with silk
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Four-Panel Edo Screen Battle of Yashima
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Tales of the Heikei Japanese four-panel Edo period screen. Depicting the battle of Yashima with Nasu No Yoichi shooting his arrow. Large screen originally six panels cut down to four...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Brass

Zen-style Silver-leafed Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Steeped in the tranquil essence of Zen, this screen from the Meiji era is the epitome of Japanese craftsmanship. The Meiji period, known for embracing modernity, also saw the continu...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Hanging Scroll of the Goddess of Mercy, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Kannon at a young age. Painted in a subdued palette of dark colors on woven silk, the painting is mounted
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Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Paper, Ink

Japanese Meiji Hanging Scroll of Ayu Fish, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Although Western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912), artists
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Paper, Ink

Antique kimono textile art "Prosperity Tree" by ikasu Black, Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
<> This work uses an antique kimono fabric dated Taisho era (early 1910th), with a pine tree motif, and arranges it so that it looks like a tree decorated wit...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Chinese Silk Hand Embroidered Berry Textile
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Antique and Vintage Asian and Oriental Embroidery Paintings on Silk, Home Decor, and Collectibles
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19th Century Chinese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Chinese Forty-Two Ancestors Portrait, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
curtain hooks strung with silk tassels. Wonderfully detailed, the painting offers a delightful glimpse at
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Paintings

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Fabric

Four Heavenly Guardians
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese painting on raw silk. 80” high x 40” wide. Late Muromachi / Early Edo Period. c.1600
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18th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Silk Road Region Antique Blanket Chest, with Folk Art Paintings
Located in Somis, CA
This amazing piece is from Gan Su province, in the silk road region. The wood is a type of jujube
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19th Century Chinese Antique Silk Paintings

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Wood

Tangkasnet Thangka Tibetan Buddhist Textile Scroll Painting, 19th Century
Located in Big Flats, NY
: ?????; Nepal Bhasa: ????), is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, or human skin usually
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Silk Paintings

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Textile

Japanese Rabbit Basket Antique Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
basket worthy of your favorite room. Hand painting on silk in simple soft pleasing colors, signed
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Pair of Italian Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
-upholstered with silk velvet and applied antique silk Ikat. Painting and gilding newly re-freshed. Dimension
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Late 18th Century Italian Empire Antique Silk Paintings

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Giltwood, Silk, Velvet

Rare Civil War Period Federal Standard Style Flank Guidon Flag
Located in York County, PA
flags were instead hand-painting on silk, which certainly resulted in at least one key benefit, because
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1860s Antique Silk Paintings

Antique Indian Pichhwai Silk Painting of Krishna and Gopis
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful antique Pichhwai silk painting of Krishna and Radha accompanied by gopis, devas, the sun
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19th Century Indian Folk Art Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Japanese Antique Bold Hand-Painted Tiger Silk Painting, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
A beautiful and compelling Japanese antique hand-painted silk painting of a stealthy tiger- worthy
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Birds Flowers Galore Japanese Antique Hand-Painted Silk Painting Taisho Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
A very fine and delicate Japanese antique hand-painted silk painting of two blue birds and colorful
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Large Fine and Rare Japanese Early 20th Century Silk Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large fine and rare Japanese early 20th-century silk painting "A foggy morning by the stream
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Lucite, Silk, Wood

"Shanghai Race and Rowing Club" Pair of Chinese Silk Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
ancient art of silk painting with a glimpse at modernity during the turn of the century in Shanghai.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Glass, Wood

Early 20th Century Asian Tiger Hunt Silk Painting
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A hand-painted work of art on silk from former Persia or India representing a tiger hunt in a wild
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Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art Antique Silk Paintings

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Wood, Silk

Chinese Scroll – Reddish Ume Tree, by Unknown, Watercolor Silk Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This signed 59.4" x 24" antique Chinese silk ink and watercolor painting on scroll depicts a red
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Watercolor

Large Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Framed Silk Painting
Located in London, GB
A large antique 19th century Japanese framed gouache painting on silk. Depicting a literatus
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Phoenix Paulownia
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the seasons Pheasants & Plum in Snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Sparrows Nandina
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & flowers of the seasons Pheasants & plum in snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Cherry Blossom Birds
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & flowers of the seasons Pheasants & plum in snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Crane, Pine Camelia
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the Seasons Pheasants & Plum in Snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Pheasants Plum in Snow
Located in Kyoto, JP
of cracked silk and touch-ups of the background. There has been no re-painting of the images.  
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Antique Silk Painting Gaku White Nesting Doves and Moon Shapes Dwelling
Located in South Burlington, VT
FEBRUARY SALE - NOW SAVE 25% AND MORE Japan a simple antique Painting -Gaku-, on silk, of a pair
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Chinese "Birds and Peony" Ink and Color on Silk Painting, Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Chinese "Birds and Peony" painting, ink and color on silk, framed and glazed, Qing
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Silk Paintings

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Metal

Lovely 19th Century Silk Paintings Japan Artist Signed Sea Landscape fog Boats
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice painting 1-11-18-8-5 Condition Overall condition frame has some ware. Size
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Fabric

Pair Chinese Silk Watercolor 1920s Framed Paintings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair early 20th century Chinese silk paintings depicting elegant ladies in robes in outdoor setting
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1920s Chinese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Set of Four Vintage Japanese Paintings on Silk, circa 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of four vintage Japanese paintings on silk, circa 1930s A fine set of vintage 1930s-1940s
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Erotic scene - Origina Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Erotic Scene is a superb gouache on silk, realized by an anonymous Japanese artist of XIX
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

Oriental Love - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", mounted under a yellow cardboard passepartous, cm
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

Japanese Sexual Encounter - Origina Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga". Mounted under a yellow cardboard passepartous, cm
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

Fusion of Bodies - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Fusion of Bodies is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

Sensual Embrace - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", mounted under a yellow cardboard passepartous, cm
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

Ancient Lesson of Pleasure- Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
erotic silk paintings, wrongly titled "Shunga", this modern artwork is mounted under a yellow cardboard
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Gouache

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Antique Silk Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of antique silk paintings available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique silk paintings was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, silk and wood. There are all kinds of antique silk paintings available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique silk paintings made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Takakura Zaiko, Araki Kanpo and Asian Style each produced beautiful antique silk paintings that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Silk Paintings?

Antique silk paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,514, while the lowest priced sells for $122 and the highest can go for as much as $175,000.
Questions About Antique Silk Paintings
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    What silk painting is called depends on the origins of the artwork. In Tibet, silk paintings made for religious rituals are thangka, while in Vietnam, the traditional art form is known as tranh lụa. On 1stDibs, shop a range of silk paintings.
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    A Japanese silk painting is identifiable by its depictions of everyday life and scenes that are abundant with detail. The red seal or chop can also help you determine the artist of the piece. You can shop a collection of expertly vetted Japanese silk paintings from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.