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Place of Origin: Chinese
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 a finely hand-painted landscape scene of birds and flowers.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper, Wood, Paint
Gracie Six panel Handpainted Wallpaper Screen with Floral Design
By Gracie
Located in New York, NY
Six panel screen made by Gracie. The wallpaper and screen date to the 1990's. The wallpaper is handpainted, with a detailed design of flowering trees, birds and butterlies, with a ...
Category
1990s Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
China Black And White Moon Light Four Ranges Mountain Stone Painting
Located in South Burlington, VT
A distant mountain range awaits you- in this black and white classic Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone landscape painting called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a monumental ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Chinese Landscape Painting Sea
Mountains Work of Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting"
Signed
Extraordinary Sea and Mountain Range
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a mountain range in white and gr...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Lacquered Wood Mother of Pearl Chinese Oriental 4 Panel Room Divider Screen
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Lacquered wood Mother of Pearl Chinese oriental 4 panel room divider screen.
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Antique Framed Silk Panel, Oriental, Embroidered, Decorative, 100 Children, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique framed silk panel. An Oriental, embroidered decorative scene known as the 'Hundred Children' dating to the early 20th century, circa 1900.
Fascinating Oriental antique craftsmanship
Displays a desirable aged patina
Superb, hand embroidered silk panel with pastel palette
Presented within a golden frame and navy blue border behind glass plate
Famous, Oriental '100 Children' scene depicts children at play against a cream ground
Outer green border with foliate pattern complements the discrete inner margin
Replete with hanging loop for wall mounting
This antique silk panel...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a singular piece, a framed vintage Chinese gilt and inkwash miniature six-fold paper screen, that was possibly a salesman's sample, and it is beautiful.
This is from the la...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Giltwood
$1,091 Sale Price
34% Off
China Natural Mountain Landscape Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of a mountain range in white and gray colors is called a dream stone Shih-hua;.
They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.
This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
This thin marble stone painting is approximately 1/4 inch thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors.
History of White and Gray dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone...
Category
1990s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
$3,840 Sale Price
76% Off
Chinese Antique Monumental Buddhist Wooden Pagoda Tower, 70 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
China antique monumental Wooden Pagoda, total height is 70 inches, hand carved and hand painted wood, seven hexagonal sections plus finial, late Qin...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
Located in London, GB
A Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
C.1850
Depicting Court Figures in Imperial Dress
Framed and gla...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Late 18th/Early 19th Century Eight Panel Coromandel Screen, with Inscription
Located in New York, NY
A late 18th century Chinese carved Coromandel screen with beautiful warm brown background. On one side is a landscape and figure design with pavilions and figures in a rocky landsca...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Antique Six-Panel Folding Screen with Stained Glass Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique six-panel folding screen from the early 20th century, with green, blue and yellow stained glass, geometric motifs and wooden panels. Created in China during the first half of the 20th century, this large folding screen features six panels each adorned with a careful arrangement of opaque octagonal motifs surrounded by colorful stained glass with scrolling or textured motifs. The lower section is made of delicately raised panels surrounded by recessed accents. Folding screens likely originate back to the Han Dynasty, circa 200 BC as evidence in tombs shows. The Chinese considered screens as objects of contemplation and a source of spiritual and creative inspiration. The screens were used to protect from drafts, to provide a sense of privacy or to simply partition a room. With its nice proportions and complimenting colors, this Chinese antique stained glass folding screen...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stained Glass, Wood
18th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Lacquer Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare 18th-Century Lacquer Screen / Room Divider, Qing Dynasty
A rare lacquer screen from the 18th century, crafted in wood.
The screen features a sturdy frame with openwork panels at...
Category
Mid-18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Ancestors Painting of Generations Family Officers.Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scroll Painting of Chinese Qing Dynasty Family Generations of Imperial Officers
This family with few generations withheld positions in imperial officers
Purchased from Christie's in ...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
41% Off
Wisteria Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on Silver Metallic Panel
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
$1,264 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Set of Six 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Paintings on Pith Paper
Located in Stamford, CT
A very unusual and intriguing rare set of six 19th century Chinese gouaches depicting scenes of corporal punishment, and in one, execution. Painted...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Eight-Panel Lacquered Screen with Gilt Calligraphy and Carved Decoration
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-part eight-panel screen from the 20th century, featuring low-relief carvings, gilt-painted calligraphy, and a rich brown lacquer finish. Composed of two sections with f...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
China Stunning Distant Mountain Valley Natural Marble Stone "Painting", Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
A distant Mountain Valley Awaits- shrouded by clouds or mountain fog, Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone landscape painting called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a monumenta...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print by Mizuno Toshikata - Sino Japan Battle_of_Son.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very strong woodblock print
Long live the Great Japanese Empire! Our army's victorious attack on Seonghwan, Mizuno Toshikata 1866–1908
or
Hurrah and Hurrah Again for the Great E...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$1,259 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Floral Decorated and Ebonized Folding Table Screen 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
A Chinese Floral Decorated and Ebonized Table Screen 20thC
Measures - 35.25''H x 69.5''W x .75''D; panels each 35.25''H x 17.5''W x .75''.
A finely crafted 20th-century Chinese table...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Twelve Panel Coromandel Screen Spring in Han Palace
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese export twelve-panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting the 17th century ming dynasty motif "Spring Morning in the Han Palace". The panels are intricately incise...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$18,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Natural Organic Burl Wood Flower Display Table, 38"
Located in South Burlington, VT
An attractive example of a burl wood natural organic wood flower or display table crafted from golden camphor wood root and burl. This stunning single roo...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Organic Material
Vintage Asian Gouache Painting on Paper - Unsigned - China - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage gouache painting on paper - good quality and composition - mounted with adhesive tape to a two color/double beveled matte board - unsigned - China - late 20th century.
Excel...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Antique Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass-A Lady Flying to Heaven
Located in Norton, MA
A charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting a lady flying to heaven. The painting comes with its original hardwood frame and the old pins...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Official
s Wife Painting on Linen Canvas
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the 19th century of an official's wife with bird-adorned buzi, painted on a linen canvas. Created in the North-Eastern province of Shanxi during the Qing dynasty, this 19th century painting showcases a frontal depiction of an official's wife recognizable thanks to the bird-themed rank badge sitting on an elegant armchair with scrolling arms and carved apron. Wearing a red robe and topped with an ornate headdress, the figure is highlighted with gold foil accents and stands out beautifully on a linen canvas. The print size is 17.5"W x 41.5"H. These paintings traditionally come from Shanxi province which was home to many of the wealthy merchant families associated with the imperial court during the Qing dynasty. Set inside a custom made frame, this 19th century Qing Dynasty official's wife painting...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Wood
Large Chinese Hand-Painted Silk Scroll of Two Blue Cranes, Mid Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Hand-Painted Silk Scroll of Two Blue Cranes, Mid-20th Century
Dimensions:
Framed: 48" H × 37" W × 1.5" D
Sight: 44" H × 32" W
A striking hand-painted Chinese silk scroll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels.
A pair or Vietnamese works Each one standing over 6-Feet tall, Intricately inlaid with numerous characters and threads, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of Four Qing Dynasty Elmwood Open Fretwork Panels with Delicate Carvings
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of four Chinese Qing Dynasty period large carved elm wood interior door panels from the late 19th century, with fretwork design, openwork and figures in landscape scenes carved...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Elm
Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Pagoda Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic large Chinese export eight-panel coromandel screen featuring a colorful pagoda courtyard with figures engaged in leisurely activities. The large screen measures 7 feet high...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Six Panel Hardstone Lacquer Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Chinese export intricately carved lacquered screen featuring scholars objects in boldly colored stones. The reverse side has a delicate gilt decoration over a black ground ....
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Set of Six Chinese Geometric Lattice Door Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Qing-dynasty domestic architecture, tall lattice panels such as these were used in traditional courtyard homes to allow light and air into a room whilst maintaining privacy. With grand proportions and elongated windows, this set of six lattice door panels...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Set of 6 Antique Chinese Lattice Panels
Located in Kastrup, DK
Set of six wood carved Chinese 17-18th century Qing dynasty panels or room divider.
Each panel features an main section with an open fretwork design lattice panel window, comprised by a pattern of a connecting cherry blossoms. Relief foliate lattice design on the top and bottom of the window.
The bottom panels are designed with solid wood panels adorned with a hand painted flower motif at the bottom.
Panels such as these were used to easily divid- or open up a room. These Qing panels...
Category
Early 18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$6,882 / set
Large six-panelled Chinese hardstone and lacquered folding screen
Located in London, GB
Large six-panelled Chinese hardstone and lacquered folding screen
Chinese, Early 20th Century
Closed: height 183cm, width 40.5cm, depth 18cm
Opened: height 183cm, width 243cm, depth ...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Precious Stone, Lacquer
Pair of Stunning Vintage Soapstone
Mother of Pearl Geisha Girl Wall Panels
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of vintage circa 1940s Chinese chinoiserie wall plaques depicting Geisha girls in soa...
Category
1940s Chinoiserie Vintage Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
China Trade Watercolor Pictures of Junks
Sampans, Set of Five
Located in Downingtown, PA
China trade watercolor pictures of junks & sampans,
Set of Five,
Circa 1850
The Chinese watercolor paintings on pith paper each depict a diffe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Verre Eglomise Chinese Export Portrait Painting
Located in Savannah, GA
A verre eglomise Chinese export portrait painting, circa 1900.
15 inches wide by 19 inches tall; 1 ½ inches deep
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Gray and White Landscape Painting Sea
Mountains Fine Work of Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" with arts and crafts hardwood frame
Extraordinary Sea and Mountains View
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a mo...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Antique Chinese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Chinese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting.
Good condition and lovely colors
Category
20th Century Meiji Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$4,502 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of Four Hand Carved Chinese Panels Mounted As A Screen
Located in Milford, NH
A fine set of four hand carved Chinese hardwood open panels with clear glass panes, various figural folkloric carved scene panels, accented with animals and foliate and scroll decora...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Chinese Ming Dynasty Carved Table Screen
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare 16-17th cenury Ming Dynasty standing table screen. Untoched original condition.
Hand carved wood, the panel is carved with relief details depicting a dragon, cranes, mythical...
Category
Early 17th Century Ming Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Fine Chinese Four-Panel Carved And Painted Room Divider Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A substantial and impressive Chinese four panel low relief carved and painted room divider screen in pastel tones on black ground.
Colorful painted relief decoration on the front fe...
Category
20th Century Ming Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Pair Buddhist Tang Bodhisattvas Hand Painted Old Wood Plaques
Located in South Burlington, VT
A wonderful Chinese hand painted pair (2) paintings on old wooden panels of Buddhist Bodhisattvas in amorous poses with child and elephant presence and long flowing robes. Frame ...
Category
20th Century Tang Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Framed Pair of Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Paintings on Silk
Located in Morristown, NJ
Antique pair of Qing dynasty ancestor portraits depicting a male and a female. Hand painted on silk and framed under glass within a large te...
Category
Late 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint
Decorative Chinoiserie Wallpaper Panels
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of vintage decorative Chinoiserie panels. Panels feature gold Asian scenery with building, trees and birds on a red background. Each panel is framed in a black wooden frame.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$450 / set
Chinese Kuancai Ten Panel Coromandel Screen Mythical Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Chinese export Kuancai ten-panel coromandel screen featuring a mythical flora and fauna landscape. Made in the 17th century style that was so loved and collected by Coco Chan...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Large Chinese Ancestor Portrait Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Qing Dynasty Chinese Ancestral Portrait, 19th Century,
Ancestor officer commemorate portrait and descriptions of characters signed on top right corners, ink and color on paper
Overal...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,000 Sale Price
28% Off
Magnificent 19th Century Chinese Ancestral Portrait of the Qing Court
Located in TORQUAY, AU
A captivating glimpse into China's last imperial era.
This exceptional 19th-century Chinese ancestral watercolour portrait captures three generations or couples of a noble family fr...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen, Silk, Acrylic, Plexiglass, Paper
Fine Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed Chinese export reverse painting on glass depicting an elaborate interior scene with many figures engaged in various domestic activities. This is a finely drawn compos...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Paint
China Extra Large Natural Marble Stone "Painting" Magnificent Mountain Peak
Located in South Burlington, VT
This Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone painting of a mountain range in green and white colors is called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a huge monumental masterwork of nature. Totally natural.
Dimensions:
Hardwood frame: 62.5 inches tall and 88 inches length
Site: 54.5 inches tall and 80 inches length
This thin marble stone painting is approximately 3/8 inch thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing a unique, incredible pattern in soft green and white colors.
This unique work of art was from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.
This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
History of Green Flower dream stone paintings:
“Green Flower” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone, were cut from stone found on Shuang Yang mountain in Dali moutains Captivating compositions, they might remind us of a long string of rugged mountain caps from a distance. These dream stones are cut from a scarce regional stone yielding notoriously “fuzzy” detailed paintings. To find examples possessing clear, contrasting detail like this one is indeed a rare find. Fine stone paintings like this example are rare as access to and availability of resource material diminishes. After a thin coating of wax is carefully applied to its surface to protect and reveal its beautiful subtle colors, this stone painting is signed upper right position with poetic verse and seal of an artisan who describes its majestic beauty as
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$19,200 Sale Price
31% Off
Chinese Unique Black And White Cascading Mountain Marble Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
A unique black and white "moon light" reflection of a cascading mountain formation in this Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone landscape painting called a dream stone Shih-hu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Portrait Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
ITEM DESCRIPTION: a beautiful reverse glass paintings. It has been in private co...
Category
1980s Qing Vintage Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Pith Painting, Oriental Art, Watercolour, Qing Dynasty, Victorian, 1850
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique pith painting. An Oriental, framed watercolour figural pair from the Qing dynasty, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. A fine example of Chinese arti...
Category
1850s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Paint, Parchment Paper
Chinese Coromandel Red Lacquer 12-Panel Figural and Landscape Screen. Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese Coromandel figural red lacquer 12-panel screen depicting pagoda and landscape scenes, decorative gilt floral border panels, gilt carved lower panels, and reverse side depicti...
Category
1840s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer, Paint
Chinese Export Watercolor Exotic Bird Paintings on Paper
Located in Downingtown, PA
Natural History of the East: Pair of Fine Chinese Export Bird Watercolors
(c. 1800–1820)
A superb pair of early 19th-century Chinese Export ...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th Century Chinese Hand Carved Jade Table Screen1
Located in Chonburi, TH
This exquisite Chinese table screen exemplifies the beauty and craftsmanship of traditional hardstone artwork. Meticulously carved from a selection of semi-precious stones, the panel...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Jade
20th Century Chinese Coromandel Black Gilt Eight-Panel Screen Immortals Sky Gods
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are very pleased to offer a monumental 8ft, eight panel room divider, circa the 20th century. This beautiful double-sided hardwood screen showcases a rich, black lacquer finish an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Tibetan Thangka of Vaishravana, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with historical figures and symbolism arranged around the Viashravana in the painting's center. This lesser deity is the god of wealth...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Manhasset, NY
Chinese Coromandel Screen, 18th Century, Rosewood, 8 Panel, Painted, Figural, Depicting Flying Geese
One of a kind. Chinese Coromandel screen from the late 1700s with a fabulous ros...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Rosewood
China Natural Stone "Painting" Restless Sea and Waves
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting "Restless Sea and Waves" #6 unique painting
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of sea and waves in action in white and gray colors is called a dream stone Shih-hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.
This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
This thin marble stone "painting" is approximately 1/4" thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. Its weight is surprisingly modest- easily hung with standard hardware.
On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads:
Beautiful Action of sea and waves
Framed under glass
Dimensions:
Frame: 13 inches high and 17.5 inches wide.
Site: 6.5 inches high and 11 inches wide.
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of "White and Gray" dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone, were cut from stone found on Shuang Yang mountain in Dali mountains Captivating compositions, they might remind us of a long string of rugged mountain caps from a distance. These dream stones are cut from a scarce regional stone yielding notoriously “fuzzy” detailed paintings. To find examples possessing clear, contrasting detail like this one is indeed a rare find. Fine stone paintings like this example are rare as access to and availability of resource material diminishes. After a thin coating of wax is carefully applied to its surface to protect and reveal its beautiful subtle colors, this stone painting is signed upper right position with poetic verse and seal of an artisan who describes its majestic beauty.
Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible, 35 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-578. See photos.
We have have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price
42% Off
Ephemeral Beauty: Set of Six Chinese Export "Pith Paper" Paintings of Butterflie
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ephemeral Beauty: Set of Six Chinese Export "Pith Paper" Paintings of Butterflies,
Circa 1840–1860
A charming and cohesive set of six mid-19th century Chinese Export paintings, exec...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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