All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1237265 (stock #130315)
The sun and Waves. Tosa school painting attributed to Tosa Mitsusada. The light of the sun is emerging on the gold ground and strikes the waves. It is unique expression that the composition of the waves surrounds across the painting while the sun is depicted on the horizon. Painted with ink, pigments and gold leaf on paper. The signature reads Tosanomori (the load of Tosa) Mitsusada. Mitsusada Fujiwara (1738-1806) also known as Mitsusada Tosa was born as the second son of Tosa Mitsuyoshi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1183118 (stock #120346)
A set of four Chinese paintings depicting Landscape. Painted with ink and light pigments on silk. The signature on each painting as well as old storage box reads Wang Hui or Wang Shigu. It is painted after Chinese great artist Wang Hui. Wang Hui(1632-1717)was a Chinese landscape painter, one of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in China throughout the late Ming and early Qing periods...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1162738 (stock #110563)
Summer sea landscape. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. A close attention paid to the reflection of colours and natural light across the landscape as well as a short, thick brush strokes are creating a vibrant surface. It captures the essence of the sunlight, colours and nature. The painting was executed in 1933, when Japanese art was influenced by impressionism of western art...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1980 item #1162737 (stock #100920)
The painting depicted minka, which is a private residences constructed in Japanese building styles. With styles varying across regions, these houses used to be found all over Japan. But today, minka are disappearing at an increasing rate as it is seen as inconvenient for today's hurried and materialistic lifestyle. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Shuncho and sealed.
There are some light marks on the painting itself...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1960 item #1145710 (stock #120418)
In the moonlit beach three boats are simply just left. With the increasing dark after the sunset the colors of an exotic oriental night grew more vivid in the light of the moon. The painting is titled “moonlight” which is inscribed on the paulownia wood storage box. The painting is executed with different textured brush strokes on silk. Signed Ryushi and sealed. Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966) was one of the prominent Japanese painters...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1143540 (stock #081010)
A ink wash windmill palm powerfully depicted in a variety of textured strokes featuring bold, sharp brushwork on the leaves of palm, with softer ink washes for the body and a delicate use of colour on the flowers and fruits. Signed Ryushi and sealed. Kawabata Ryushi (1885-1966) was one of the prominent Japanese painters. Together with Yokoyama Taikan and Kawai Gyokudō, he was regarded as one the "Three Big Figures" in the "nihonga" paintings...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1138007 (stock #120347)
An antique Chinese painting featuring a scholar and the landscape depicted in the style of Zhao Mengfu. Circa 17th-18th Century. In the foreground, a solitary scholar on a horse moves along a river. A boat with three figures sailing for a pavilion on a lake...