Three (3) Chinese watercolor on silk paintings depicting figures engaged in various individual activities. Item 1: Painting of a balded, bearded man shown in profile as he smiles and looks upward while sitting barefooted on a large rock. Item 2: Painting of a standing man in an ornate robe and shoes and shown in profile. […]
Lot 1194: Framed Chinese Scroll with Birds
Chinese watercolor on silk scroll painting depicting birds in a landscape setting, signed in calligraphy lower left. Mounted to grasscloth and framed under glass in a shadowbox frame with molded wood edges. Scroll: approximately 40 in. H x 16 in. W. Frame: 65 in. H x 30 in. W. Early to mid 20th century. PROVENANCE: […]
Lot 1193: Japanese Painted Screen, Landscape w/ Rikshaw & Figures
Japanese four-paneled folding screen painting depicting seven figures in a tree-filled landscape with a large, ornate rikshaw at center right. Inscribed and sealed to lower right. With Oriental Specialties, Madison, Wisconsin sticker affixed to backing. Mounted to an ebonized wood frame with gilt border surrounding image. 36 1/4 in. H x 72 in. W (18 in. W folded). Early […]
Lot 1192: 2 Japanese Bijin-ga Woodblock Prints After Harunobu & Toyonobu or Kiyomitsu
Two (2) Japanese woodblock prints with bijinga (beautiful women) subjects after c. 1765 prints, both early 20th c. 1st item: After Suzuki Harunobu (Japan, c. 1725-1770) woodblock print with two women who stand before a body of water as they shelter from rain beneath an umbrella, with a willow tree visible at upper left. 2nd item: […]
Lot 1191: 4 Indian Miniature Portraits, Royalty
Anglo-Indian School, early 20th century, two (2) framed pairs of miniature watercolor portraits depicting the busts of 2 Indian noblemen and 2 women. Remnants of labels en verso refer to the subjects as the wife of Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal (wearing the headdress with feathers) and Jahan’s father, Akbar along with Akbar’s wife (in […]
Lot 1190: Pichwai Indian Wedding Scene Painting on Silk
Indian School, late 19th or early 20th century painting on silk, likely Pichwai, depicting a marriage ceremony at the court of a Mughal ruler enclosed within a linear black and rust border. Unsigned. Under plexiglass in a plain black frame. Sight: 32 1/2 in. H x 20 in. W. Frame: 34 1/2 in. H x 22 […]
Lot 1189: 2 Large Hindu Paintings
1st item: Large Indian Pichwai painting on fabric, featuring hand-painted scenes of Krishna and dancers in a moonlit wooded setting, bordered by vignettes and floral garlands. Mounted to a later wooden stretcher for display. Painting circa 1900. Unframed. 67 in. H x 44 1/2 In. W. 2nd item: Large, likely Indian, Hindu painting on fabric featuring figures in […]
Lot 1188: 2 Tibetan Buddhist Paintings, Phurba Namgay & Thangka
Item 1: Phurba Namgay (Bhutanese, b. 1963) painting on canvas depicting a Tibetan Buddhist Kalachakra or Wheel of Time. Float mounted on a white ground and housed in an ebonized wood frame. Painting: 28 in. sq. Framed: 37 in. sq. Item 2: Tibetan Buddhist thangka with a central figure in a landscape surrounded by vignettes. With Tibetan […]
Lot 1187: 2 Madhubani Ink & Watercolor Paintings, Devi Durga
Two (2) Madhubani ink and watercolor folk paintings on paper, both depicting various Hindu deities, including Devi Durga, in various poses with foliate and animal borders. Both are housed in wood frames and mounted onto black grounds. Sight: 22 in. H x 29 in. W, Framed: 26 1/4 in. H x 32 in. W and Sight: 29 […]
Lot 1186: 2 Brazilian Tapestries: Concessa Colaco and Mary Ann Pedrusa
1st item: Concessa Colaco (Brazil/Portugal, b. 1929) loom woven tapestry depicting a flowering urn and two exotic birds, within a decorative foliate border. Stitched signature, “Concessa,” lower right, with additional signature and title, “Encontro,” to reverse. 36 in. W x 25 1/2 in. H. Note: Concessa Colaco is the daughter of Madeleine Colaco, who created the first […]
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