19th Century Chinese Gouche on Paper Painting

A wonderful late 19th Century Chinese coromandel four fold lacquer screen.  Consisting of four double-sided panels decorated in the most wonderfully vibrant colours with carved and ...

Set of six Japanese mid-Edo period, gilded and painted paper panels, circa 1750. Some signs of wear commensurate with age.

20th Century French French four fold lacquer screen in the Oriental style. Circa 1930.

Japanese silk kesi or temple hanging.  Dating from the late 19th Century Meiji period.

Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...

A Chinese ancestor painting on silk in faux bamboo frame, 20th century. 17 ¼ by 30 inches

Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...

Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a room. This 19th-century painting is delicately brushed of gouache and ink on fabric and was originally part of a set of eight backing a wooden screen in northern China. The figure depicted is one of the mythical Eight Immortals of Taoism. Said to have attained immortality through their studies of the natural world, each of the Eight Immortals represents a different condition in life and together they impart a blessing of prosperity and longevity. Depicted here is immortal Lan Caihe, the patron saint of florists and gardeners. Standing atop a lotus leaf in open water, they hold a gardening hoe in one hand and a basket for flowers...