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1830 Watercolor and Gouache Painted Vignettes of Eastern Entertainers
Located in Savannah, GA
silk ribbon with tiny pouf decoration and are double matted in a contemporary gold wooden frame. The
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1830s English Grand Tour Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Glass, Paint, Paper

Late 19th Century Thangka with the Portrait of a Tibetan Monk
Located in Chicago, IL
Kadampa order. The painting’s patron, perhaps a disciple of the monk, is seen in the lower left corner
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Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Silk Paintings

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Linen, Silk, Paint

Elegant Edo period painting by Reizei Tamechika (1823-1864) 冷泉為恭
Located in Fukuoka, JP
in the elegance of the Edo period with our superb painting on silk, a masterpiece awaiting a new
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

English or Continental Gothic Revival Rubbing of Knight and Lady
Located in Lomita, CA
A Gothic Revival style engraved brass rubbing, English or Continental, from the 19th Century. This is a beautiful piece with two figures who are dressed in elaborate clothing reserve...
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Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk

Framed Late 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Turkish Performer
Located in Corsham, GB
elegant wrap skirt with floral motifs, matched with a colourful waistcoat and silk blouse. The painting
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Late 19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Oil

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Whimsical Dragon
Located in Hudson, NY
Extremely dramatic painting of a dragon in sumi-e ink and mineral pigments on gold silk in a dark
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Two Panel Screen: View of Nagasaki City
Located in Hudson, NY
A Tosa School painting showing the hustle and bustle of the city including 3 dutchmen strolling
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Abstract Water Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
unusual, early painting, possibly used architectually in fusuma, later mounted to be used as a furosaki
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18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Higashiyama Hills in Autumn
Located in Hudson, NY
Higashiyama hills outside of Kyoto in the height of autumn in mineral pigments on silk. Dark brown
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

K14 Japanese antiques Art A hanging scroll, a hawk
Located in Niiza, JP
Color on silk, Scroll head: Porcelain Image size: 540(W) x 490(H) [mm] Scroll mounting: 670(W) x
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chinese Literary Figures in Seascape
Located in Hudson, NY
Fine Kano School painting on silk with silk brocade border.
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19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Brocade, Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Horses in Stable
Located in Hudson, NY
painting suggests a backdrop of either night or a formalized, abstract space. A traditional silk brocade
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Emu in Flowering Cactus
Located in Hudson, NY
silk in a dark brown lacquer trim with bronze mounts. Signature and seal read: Bunson-sha.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Moonlit Forest Landscape with Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
Sumi Ink on Mulberry paper with silk brocade border and lacquer trim. Signature reads: Sobun. Seal
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Lacquer, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Snowy Mountain Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Engaging winter scene of plains and mountains in mineral pigments on paper. Silk brocade border and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

Vintage Nepalese Thangka - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
round part bottom upright. Wrinkles of the fold. Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton
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Early 20th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Cotton, Gouache

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ikibana (Flower Arranging) in Progress
Located in Hudson, NY
added. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and natural wood trim. Signature
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper

Framed Chinese Hand-Painted Six-Fold Wall-Hanging from the 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful framed Chinese six-fold wall-hanging of silk and paper from the 19th Century, featuring
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19th Century Chinese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk, Paper, Wood, Paint

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Cherry Viewing Under Moonlight
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on fabric with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature reads
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Brocade, Silk, Lacquer

1838 Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers Grasses of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Japanese screens; ink, color and gold leaf on silk Dimensions: each (2) H. 38.5 cm x W. 218.5 cm (15” x 86
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1830s Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens: Misty Cedar Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
on paper. Silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Originally fusuma (sliding doors). Signature
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold

Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Harimaze Decoupage Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
featuring Harimaze decoupage, applied paintings and drawing. Each screen is an amazing tapestry of applied
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
, with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signatures on fans read: Tsunenobu (1636~1713
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Egrets on Rivers Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
gold dust. Silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Kano School Panting.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Puppies in Bamboo Grove
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
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19th Century Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Gold Lattice
Located in Hudson, NY
Embossed gold paper in a lattice design with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold, Bronze

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Deer in Autumn Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Buck and doe under a red maple on heavy gold. Mineral pigments on gold leaf on paper with silk
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sudare on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
the shimmering gold. Framed by a silk brocade border and a black lacquer trim, the screen exemplifies
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17th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Kano School Japan Byôbu Screen “Wild Horses”, Kano School, Edo period
By Japanese Studio
Located in Valladolid, ES
, it is protected and supported by a fine lacquered wooden frame with metal fittings. A beige silk
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1850s Japanese Japonisme Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Nadeshiko 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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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Plum Blossom in the Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Plum blossom, baby pine and bamboo painted in mineral pigments on heavy gold leaf on paper. Silk
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Early 1800s Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen Bulls in a Gentle Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Sumi (ink) painting of bulls next to a stream with minimal colors on mulberry paper with silk
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Suiboku Landscape in Sesshu Style
Located in Hudson, NY
Suiboku is a style of ink painting that is reminicent of the way calligraphers paint. Masterfully
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16th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo and Manchurian Crane
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano style painting in mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocade border.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Craggy Landscape on Gold Sil
Located in Hudson, NY
Dramatic Mountain landscape with gnarled pines. Signature reads: Shunsen. Ink painting on gold silk
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Woodland Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
veining on paper. Silk brocade border with a black lacquer trim and elaborate bronze hardware.
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

Large Japanese Scroll of a Tiger
Located in Hudson, NY
Wonderfully large and bold tiger painted in ink and mineral pigments on silk mounted with silk
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Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen, Ancient Pines on the Shore under Silver Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
Sugibayashi. Meiji period painting (1868-1912) in mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocade border.
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens, Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima
Located in Hudson, NY
Pigment on silk. Various walkways interconnecting the temple complex with one lone figure of a
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Early 20th Century Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Family of Chickens
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of rooster, hen, and chicks in mineral pigments and ink on
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Pair of Japanese kakejiku 掛け軸 (hanging scrolls) depicting Niô guardians 仁王
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, also referred to as heavenly kings. Each painting captures one of the two guardians: Agyô with an open
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Paint

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Pheasants in Ancient Plum in Snowy Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature reads: Tsunenobu hitsu (after Kano Tsunenobu), Kano School painting in mineral pigments
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Paper

Large 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Nature Wallpaper Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
, and reds. Paintings have silk matting and giltwood frames. This pair reflects traditional Asian
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19th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hawk Perched in Pine Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
aristocrats such as nobles and samurai. Hawks came to symbolize nobility and strength. Suiboku painting (ink
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17th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Turkeys
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silk, mounted on a gold panel, in silk border. Signature and seal read: Yoho.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Country Farm
Located in Hudson, NY
with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware. Signature and seal read: Kato
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Lone Dove
Located in Hudson, NY
buff mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Seal reads: Ransen. Original
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk, Lacquer, Paper

Japanese Antiques A hanging scroll of peacock painted by Kado for Tokonoma
Located in Niiza, JP
Color on silk, Scroll head: wood Size: Image size: 680(W) x 1600(H) [mm] Scroll mounting: 850(W
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sheep Resting under Grape Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Soft mineral pigments on silk with brocade border. Signature and seal read: Jyogyu
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Brocade, Silk

Autumn Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked Nihonga Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, Japanese painting late autumn Akino map / with box. It is a beautiful work that
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk

Circa 1920. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Dahlias Cockscomb.
Located in Kyoto, JP
. Mineral pigments and ink on silk. This exquisite two-panel Japanese folding screen, painted on silk with
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Karako Chinese Children
Located in Hudson, NY
painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border. Original bronze/chrysanthemum
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18th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Bronze

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Ink Landscape on Paper with Gold Dust
Located in Hudson, NY
Sesshu-style painting in ink on mulberry paper with gold dust accents and a silk brocade border.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks in Winter
Located in Hudson, NY
Fine painting of a variety of waterfowl in rich mineral pigments on gold leaf with a silk brocade
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19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ikebana Flower Arrangement
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigment on gold silk. Signature reads: Nana Keicho Ho, Shinsho, Gachu ; Seal reads: Soju
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk

Edo-Meiji Phoenix Birds Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This gorgeous silk screen from the Edo-Meiji period showcases mythical phoenix birds, a design commonly
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

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Silk, Paper

Jurojin Flying Crane Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Saeki Kishi Ganku
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
leading Japanese painter of Kyoto and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is famous for his
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silk Paintings

Materials

Silk

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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.

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