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Chinese Teal Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Gilt Black Lacquer Scroll Pot, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone
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Vintage 1930s Chinese Decorative Baskets

Materials

Wood

Wabi-Sabi Bamboo Brooch in Frosted Silver N1, Designed by the Artist
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
Bamboo collection. It was made as a part of Bamboo triptych to wear all the brooches together the ink
Category

2010s German Artist Brooches

Materials

Silver

Chinese Carved Cypress Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Cypress

Chinese Burled Brushwasher, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
-dynasty scholar to rinse the ink from his calligraphy brush. Placed alongside the Four Treasures of the
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Burl

Chinese Decorative Wall Panel
Located in Sheffield, MA
calligraphy in black ink and red stamps on paper. The panel may be hung by a cord at the top.  
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Early 20th Century Chinese Other Decorative Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

19th Century Ottoman Qur an Manuscript Leaves, a Set of Four
Located in Stamford, CT
A set of four Ottoman manuscript pages from a Qur'an with exquisite black ink calligraphy with
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Antique Early 19th Century Turkish Islamic Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Chinese Blue and Green Cloisonné Opium Pipe, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
four treasures of the study: paper, ink, ink stones, and calligraphy brushes. This pipe is beautifully
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects

Materials

Brass

"Magpies in the Lychee Tree" Watercolor Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
tree. Composed in the style of traditional ink calligraphy, the drawing is an example of a bird-and
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20th Century Chinese Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Tansu Chest with Iron Hardware, Meiji Period
Located in Somis, CA
, solid iron hardware are all original. Solid wood. Back of the chest has Japanese ink brush calligraphy
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Kasanari
By Toko Shinoda
Located in Los Angeles, CA
* [ink] paintings and prints. Her art merges traditional calligraphy with modern abstract expression*. A
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wooden Chinese Brush Pot with Bamboo Carvings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Mountain Form Stone Brush Washer
Located in Chicago, IL
have been used by a Qing-dynasty scholar to rinse the ink from his calligraphy brush. Made of jasper
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Stone

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Shan Shui Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots...

Materials

Porcelain

Original Antique Printed German Stripe Feed Sack Pillow
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
beautiful calligraphy or handwriting in tar ink. The farmer's name, their town, sack number and year was
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Antique Early 19th Century German Rustic Pillows and Throws

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Linen

Blue and White Floral Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Floral Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Koi Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots...

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots...

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Brilliant Colors Kanon Guanyin Buddha Pilgrimage Silk Scroll, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Chinese Six-Sided Blue Famille Rose Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
- the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot such as this was a fixture of every
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Brilliant Colors White Kanon Guanyin Buddha Pilgrimage Silk Scroll
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual pilgrimage scroll depicting Classic figure with over 100 hand painted calligraphy black
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Jean Kalisch "Through the Valley" Landscape Impressionist Painting
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Rafael, CA
given instruction in Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. Training in pencil drawing of landscapes
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eighteen Karat Rose Gold Bamboo Garden Contemporary Brooch by Artist
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
ink calligraphy. Bamboo traditionally symbolises the wisdom of flexibility. The shining of the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold

Still Life with Blue
By Jean Kalisch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
instruction in Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. Her training in pencil drawing of landscapes and oil
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Spring Bouquet , 1950 s, San Francisco Bay Area, Woman artist, Tokyo, Japan
By Jean Kalisch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
she was seven years old she began to receive instruction in Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean Kalisch "Lake Tahoe" Original Oil Painting c.1970
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
was given instruction in Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink. Training in pencil drawing of
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jean Kalisch "Across the Bay" Original Mid Century Oil Painting C.1960
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
child. When she was seven years old she was given instruction in Chinese calligraphy with brush and ink
Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Downs
By Shao Yuan Zhang
Located in San Francisco, CA
journey or strength and perseverance. I incorporate both contemporary (watercolor) and traditional (ink
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Eighteen Karat Rose Gold Sculptural Brooches Diptych by the Artist
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
is one of the principles of Asian ink calligraphy. The brooches have an attractive curves and
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21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold

18 Karat Rose Gold Contemporary Bamboo Brooches Triptych by the Artist
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
'lines and spots' play and balance between 'chaos and order', which is one of the principles of Asian ink
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21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Brooches

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold

And Mine Eyes a Fountain of Tears
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Ben Shahn created this serigraph entitled “AND MINE EYES A FOUNTAIN OF TEARS” in red ink and black
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Culture
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Ben Shahn created this 1968 serigraph entitled “CULTURE” in black ink with red calligraphy. This
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

"Break Through" (1959) by Chu Teh-Chun - abstract original lithography
By Chu Teh-Chun
Located in PARIS, FR
ability to meld the influences of traditional Chinese calligraphy and ink painting with the abstract
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Japanese antique persimmon dyed wrapping paper/1868-1912/wall hanging object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
calligraphy, written in sumi ink, is still clearly visible and offers glimpses into the daily lives of people
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Antique Asian Lacquer Calligraphy Writing Box Signed with Carved Ink Stones
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Asian, lacquered and signed wood writing or calligraphy box with carved and signed ink
Category

Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Lacquer

Materials

Stone

Exceptional Calligraphy
Located in Sheffield, MA
An exceptionally beautiful and well-executed calligraphy, drawn in blue ink. The calligraphy
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Antique 19th Century American Drawings

20th c. Japanese Calligraphy Painting
Located in Paris, FR
Ink On Paper With Brocade Frame Japanese Calligraphy Painting Meaning "Silence". Unknown seal.
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Ink

18th C. Chinese Calligraphy Fragment
Located in San Francisco, CA
The rectangular aged paper painted in black ink calligraphy matted in silk brocade within a custom
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHY DRAWINGS, c. 1845
Located in Essex, MA
A collection of 2 framed English calligraphy drawings, attributed to Edwin Munder, circa 1845, in
Category

Antique 19th Century English Drawings

Materials

Walnut, Ink, Paper, Pen

Two Panel Japanese Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Paris, FR
Two panels Japanese screen with strong and big calligraphy . Signed .
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Ink, Paper

Pair of calligraphic watercolor portraits of a French couple signed dated 1791
By Jean-Joseph Bernard
Located in Hallowell, ME
calligraphic profile portraits that are watercolor and ink on paper and signed and dated 1791 by Jean-Joseph
Category

1790s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Vessels
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and countless other artistic processes. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Journey Without Goal
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese screen painting, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and countless other
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

In The Pink
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
17th century Japanese screen painting, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Arrival
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese screen painting, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and countless other
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic

Something Happens
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and countless other artistic processes. The
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Innerscape (Red Vessels)
By Lowell Boyers
Located in New York, NY
screen painting, Chinese ink calligraphy or Modernist abstract expressionism and countless other artistic
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas

Penmanship Exercise, Framed
Located in Essex, MA
A 19th century pen and ink on paper calligraphy exercise, circa 1840s, which demonstrates the
Category

Antique 1840s American Drawings

Materials

Paper

19th Century Penmanship Exercise
Located in Essex, MA
A pen and ink on paper calligraphy exercise, American, circa 1840s, with the word, "penmanship
Category

Antique 1840s American Drawings

Materials

Glass, Paper, Watercolor, Wood

Chinese Antique Sectional Snack Box, 19th Century
Located in SOMIS, CA
empress. Markings written in ink calligraphy translate to "Thorough Happiness". A wonderful, all original
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Wood

"Calligraphy" Black Ink Abstract, 1970
By Barbara Lewis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1970 ink on rice paper monochromatic abstract entitled "Calligraphy" is by Chicago
Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink

1960s Illustrative Building in a Calligraphic Style, Ink on Paper Board
By Morris Kronfeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
This circa 1960s ink on paper illustrative drawing of a building in a calligraphic style is by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

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