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Place of Origin: Chinese
Chinese Reverse Glass Table Screen with Floral Still Life, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to sectio...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Garden Seats in Celadon and White Overglaze
Located in El Monte, CA
This stunning pair of Chinese porcelain garden seats are crafted in the classic drum shape and feature a celadon ground and unique white overglaze. Each seat features raised bosses a...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of monumental bronze Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental pair of opposing bronze foo dogs or guardian lions… This is a male and female pair. The male has his paw on top of the globe, and the female has her paw on top of their pu...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
$7,500 / set
Pair Of Chinese Lacquered And Dragon Decorated Jardinières On Stands
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair Of Chinese Lacquered And Dragon Decorated Jardinières On Stands. Measures
20"W x 20"W x 25.75"H
14.75"H without stand
Inside top is 18" x 18", inside bottom is 14"x 14"
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Chinese Geometric Lattice Window Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
At once functional and decorative, Chinese lattice windows allowed fresh air and light into a room while still maintaining privacy. Assembled by interlocking narrow rods of carved pi...
Category
Early 20th Century Minimalist Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pine
Ceramic Hand Painted Chinese Garden Stool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Chinese ceramic garden stool with hand painted decor in blue and white dragon motives.
Very good/excellent vintage condition.
NOTE: Buyer is solely responsible for paying cu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase and Pedestal, a Set
Located in Germantown, MD
A set of Chinese blue and white porcelain vase / jardiniere, also referred to as a chinoiserie vase with a matching pdestal . This set of porcelain pedestal and matching vase / jard...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stained Glass, Wood
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
China Huge Natural Marble Stone "Painting" Mountain scape
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 monumental masterwork of nature. Totally natural.
Dimensions:
Hardwood frame: 38 inches tall and 78 inches length
Site: 30 inches tall and 70 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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$22,400 Sale Price
21% Off
Antique Large Hand-Carved Garden Stone, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
An ideal garden ornament, sturdy weather proof planter display base or a rock solid all weather stone base for a special sculpture.
From China, comes this large 20.5 inch rectangula...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
China Huge Stunning Natural Marble Stone "Painting" Magnificent Mountain Peaks
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 inches tall and 88.5 inches length
Site: 54 inches tall and 80.5 inches length
This 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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$20,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Oversize Carved Wood Fireplace Mantel with Acanthus Leaf Corbels.
Located in Stamford, CT
Massive carved wood fireplace mantel with large carved acanthus leaf corbels on each leg. This is a great oversize fireplace mantel that was...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
19th Century Large Bird
Bamboo Art Pottery Chinese Egg Pot Jardinière Planter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late 19th-century Chinese art pottery egg jar featuring elegant bird and bamboo motifs hand-applied around the body. Over 120 years old, these vessels were originally used to store b...
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Palissade Lounge Chairs
Ottoman Olive by Ronan/Erwan Bouroullec for Hay
By Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed by French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Palissade is a collection of outdoor furniture for HAY in powder coated or hot galvanized steel.
United by a common principle ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Large Heavy Chinese Cast Gilt Bronze Planter
Located in Bradenton, FL
Large and heavy Chinese gilt bronze squat form jardiniere / planter. Amazing details with foo lion handles with rings, center band of relief chrysanthemums and other floral decoratio...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Pair Art Deco Carved Wood Fragments Magnolia Motif
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of wood fragments carved in high relief with overlapping leaves of magnolia and mimosa, fronting blossoms of magnolia and reeded fractions of columns. Hand carved, solid wood,...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$128 Sale Price / set
49% Off
Petite Chinese Stone Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
This low display table is sculpted from a solid block of stone, hand-carved to the traditional drum form of Chinese garden stools. A ring of circles around the top and bottom imitate...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
XL 20th C. Marble Foo Dogs, Garden Decor
By Tony Duquette
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Hollywood Regency hand carved marble garden Foo Dog sculptures on marble plinth bases.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$12,000 / set
Organic Form, Natural Beige Fiberglass Hook by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Cobble hook by kar
Dimensions: W 60 x D 55 x H 10 cm.
Materials: FRP.
Other colours available.
Like a jade in the rough, it could be use as a hook or door...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Other
Large 20th Century Chinese Brown and Gold Glazed Earthenware Planter
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Chinese earthenware planter jardiniere with a brown and gold glaze.
This late 20th century large planter is every decorative and has a bat motif.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Earthenware
Pair Antique Chinese Iron Pagoda Garden Candle Lanterns
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of antique Chinese heavy cast iron pagoda garden lanterns with original patina, having a handle for hanging, hinged cage door and openwork screen sides, adorned with traditional Asian motif detailing. Single tea candle holder...
Category
1890s Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ironstone
Chinese Ceramic Garden Stool with Lucky Coins
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage mid century Chinese export pink ceramic hand-painted garden seat with gold lucky coins pierced cut-out on top and on the sides.
Colorful stool hand-painted in flowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Bronze Guanyin Statue 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Bronze top level Chinese statue
Qing period, 19th century.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Metal & Cloisonne
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th century
C...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Ceramic Elephant Garden Stool
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th Century Vintage Ceramic Elephant Garden Stool. Heavy stool is hand-painted in traditional Chinese palette of black, cream, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Gilt Metal Drum-Shaped Garden Stool
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese gilt metal drum-form garden seat with a band of circular studs around the top and bottom and an incised decorative yin and yang symbol.
Category
20th Century Han Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Large 18th Century Granite Stone Bowl Mortar Planter 9 lb
Located in Somis, CA
From Northern China comes a piece of great antiquity. The exceptionally large 18th century bowl of natural granite, hand cut and carved, in conical form with a round base. Of warm sa...
Category
18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Glazed Terra Cotta Pedestals or Stands
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of early 20th century Chinese glazed terra cotta pedestals or stands. These stunning antique Chinese pedestals are executed in an interestin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Antique-patinated Wall fountain, Renaissance Style, 21st Century
Located in Greding, DE
Wall fountain made of hand-chiseled, antique-patinated natural stone with a straight-lined basin and decoratively curved back panel. The distinctive block design and solid proportion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Teak Wood Pedestal Crafted in Java, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This teak wood pedestal was crafted by moulding 4 blocks of solid teak wood together. A strong and robust pedestal that is both beautiful on its own or displaying sculptures, vases o...
Category
Early 2000s Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Teak
South Asian Bronze Rain Drum Garden Sit or Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Antique bronze rain drum table, four side handles, decorative with mysterious faces motifs around sides, beautiful oxidized patina, great object of art for display, indoors or outdoor.
Category
20th Century Tribal Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Granite Stone Bowl Mortar Planter 6.5 lb
Located in Somis, CA
From Northern China comes a piece of great antiquity. The 18th century bowl of natural granite, hand cut and carved, in conical form with a round base. Of...
Category
18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Antique Chinese Carved Wooden Window Panels Wall Arts - a Pair
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a pair of Chinese antique Open Carved interior wooden Window Screen Panels. It features beautiful open carved Chinese traditional folk art design on it and some detailed deco...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Wood Foo Dog Statues
Located in London, GB
A large and extremely impressive pair of antique Chinese carved wood foo dog statues. They date from the 19th century and are genuine antiques, not to be confused with the many contr...
Category
1850s Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Meditation Stone Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This meditation stone table was carefully selected for its biomorphic shape and beautiful, organic patterning. The colorful material is known as greenery stone, named for its natural...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Guardian Lion Dogs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of monumental Fu-Lions, also known as shizi, once would have flanked the entrance to a Qing-dynasty home in China’s Shanxi province. One has a pearl under its foot, and the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$13,880 / set
Shewen Meditation Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
Following the sculpted form, marbled coloring, and natural veining of this one-of-a-kind stone can be deeply meditative. Viewed as a source of beauty and creativity, Chinese scholar-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Antique Pair of Late Ming Dynasty Silk Road Carved Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare pair of large Chinese carved stone foo dog guardian lions. Originated from a house of a mandarin (a public official in the Chinese Empire), located on The Silk Road.
Here they were placed in front of the gate, with the gate doors mounted on the base behind the lions.
The pair consist of a male with a ball on his back, and a female holding a puppy. The ball represents the world and the puppy represents nature or a nurturing spirit.
One stand lightly carved with a horse, the other with a deer. The front of the stand is carved with camel...
Category
17th Century Ming Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Vintage Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Cache Pot on Stand, 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Chinese blue and white cache pot on stand. Planter measures 12" in diameter & 9.50" high.
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Etched Brass Jardiniere with Lion Heads
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 19th Century Chinese Etched Brass Jardiniere with lion heads and measuring 14" in width, 11" in depth and 10" tall.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
Chinese Antique Large Qing Hand Carved Stone Drum Stool Display Pedestal, 19thc.
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare and Hard To Find 19th Century
From China's Qing dynasty (1644-1912) a hard to find solid limestone finely carved "drum" pedestal - perfect for displaying your indoor or outdoor...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Limestone
$1,920 Sale Price
31% Off
Pair of Chinese Solid Mahogany
Brass Large Ice Chest Box by George Zee
By George Zee
Located in San Diego, CA
Great pair of Chinese Ice chests or planters by George Zee, circa 1960s solid mahogany with dovetail finish, brass handles, and decorative faux bambo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chippendale Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal, Brass
$700 Sale Price / item
20% Off
19th Century Asian Architectural Fragment
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century Asian stone architectural fragment. This intriguing sculpture probably had a utilitarian function as a water deposit. As often in China prac...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Elm
Chinese Oblong Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-carved from...
Category
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Elm
Custom Shanxi Limestone Doon Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
This simply designed doon bench from China's Shanxi province is carved by hand from a single block of limestone. With a strong, low profile and subtle stepped spandrels, the bench ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$8,480 / item
Large Hand Carved Travertine Mantel in Pale Golden Hue
Located in Houston, TX
Travertine mantel that is carved by hand; each side is gracefully curved and
has a carved cartouche at the center front. This may be viewed in the
Gallery and is ready to ship or b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Travertine
$4,080 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese Old Fantastic Sculpture Comical Face Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
One of a kind.
From western China and collected some 20 years ago, comes this large hand carved red sandstone Lohan or Monk sculpture dating to circa...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Sandstone
$550 Sale Price
63% Off
1980s Blue and White Elephant Stool
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A blue and white ceramic elephant stool with a flat oval seat and four molded legs. The body is decorated with painted geometric and foliate motifs, with patterned bands around the l...
Category
1980s Vintage Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
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 Building and Garden Elements
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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Antique-patinated Wall fountain
Located in Greding, DE
Wall fountain made of hand-chiseled, antique-patinated natural stone with a curved back panel and central rosette spout. The semi-circular basin and slender design offer elegant prop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
China Large Stunning Red Flower Pandora Natural Marble Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Magnificent Red Flower Pandora - Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone painting of a mythical sky landscape called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a huge monumental masterwork o...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Small Footed Porcelain Vaso Planter in Matte Denim Blue
By Cultivated Gardens for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
Middle Kingdom garden vaso are modeled after traditional terra cotta wares but are made from pigmented porcelain. The bowl can be moved from the base for planting and watering. The C...
Category
2010s Greco Roman Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Organic Form, Black Fiberglass Hook by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Cobble hook by kar
Dimensions: W 6 x D 5.5 x H 1 cm.
Materials: FRP.
Other colors available.
Like a jade in the rough, it could be use as a hook or door h...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Other
$215 / item
Pair of brown glazed ceramic elephants, garden stools or plant holders, China
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty pair of very decorative garden stools or plant stands or side tables in the shape of Asian elephants.
Hand painted ceramic.
The elephants are in ceremonial dress...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$1,290 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Bulb Pan in Matte Denim
By Cultivated Gardens for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
Middle Kingdom garden wares are modeled after traditional terracotta wares but are made from pigmented porcelain. The Classic, elegant style of this bulb pan ...
Category
2010s Greco Roman Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$55 / item
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 monumental masterwork of nature. Totally natural.
Dimensions:
Hardwood frame: 54 inches tall and 73 inches length
Site: 46 inches tall and 65 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 Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$19,200 Sale Price
20% Off
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