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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489626 (stock #R602261)
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$2,300.00
Antique Japanese Buddhist Painting depicted Amida Descent of Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants. They each have musical instruments in their hands and fly down while playing music. Finely painted with ink, pigments, and gold on silk. Circa late 19th C.

Some light crease and insignificant light marks are present on the painting itself, and some insignificant light crease, traces of restoration of insect damage, and other light aged damage are present on the scroll mounting due to its great ag...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1489218 (stock #1805142)
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$1,000.00
Antique Buddhist painting depicts thirteen Bodhisattva and Wisdom Kings. Signed and sealed. Painted with ink and pigments on silk.

Some insignificant light marks, light crease, foxing and tiny insect damages are present on the painting itself, some light marks and light crease are present on the mounting itself, otherwise the piece is in fine condition for the age. It is accompanied by a paulownia wood storage box.

Painting: W10 7/8” x H25 5/8” (W27.5cm x H65cm)
Scroll: W16...

All Items : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 2000 item #1488419 (stock #2205008)
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$350.00
Antique/Vintage painting depicted kannon bodhisattva seated on the rock. Painted with ink and light pigments on silk. Signed and sealed.The inscription above is written:

慈眼視衆生 (Jigen shi shujo)
Kannon always looks at all of us, all living beings, with a kind and compassionate gaze.

福聚海無量 (Fuku Jyu Kai Muryo)
The world we saw and felt in that way, it is said that the blessings are as endless as the sea.

Some marks are present on the painting itself....

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1488331 (stock #2211066)
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$5,500.00
Antique Kano school ink Landscape/suiboku sansui and fukurokuju; god of happiness, prosperity and long life that is said to originate from a Chinese hermit. Usually, he is depicted with a crane or turtle, which are symbols of longevity, and his trademark long head and white beard, but in this painting he is depicted wearing a huge traditional Chinese hand-woven bamboo hat. Painted with ink on silk. Signed Tsunenobu and sealed. It is also inscribed as it is a piece of Hogen Tsunenobu(Hogen (the ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487904 (stock #2103078)
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$970.00
Hotei, one of the seven lucky gods. Painted with ink on paper. Signed and sealed. It is accompanied by an inscripton authenticating the painting that it is painted by Okamoto Hansuke. It is attributed to Okamoto Hansuke(1575-1657).

Okamoto Hansuke(1575-1657) was a military tactician and calligrapher of the early Edo period. His original surname was Ishigami, and he later inherited the Okamoto clan. He is well known by his given name, Nobunari, and his common name, Hansuke. He originally se...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1487737 (stock #1908067)
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$970.00
Jurōjin / Gama Deity of Good Luck. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Tosa no mori Fujiwara Mitsusada and sealed. It is attributed to Tosa Mitsusada.

In Japan, Jurōjin, also known as Gama, is known as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. He is the God of longevity. Jurōjin is originated from the Chinese Taoist god, the old man of the south pole. He is known as the immortal of the Northern Song dynasty (960 – 1127), and may have been a historical figure of the period. Jurōjin...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1800 item #1166361 (stock #100807)
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$2,550.00
The painting depicted court musicians playing divine music called Bugaku. Bugaku is a Japanese court music accompanied by dancing. Here one of the players plays shen (a bamboo instrument first produced in China in 7th century) and the other one sounds a massive drum with mitsudomoe crest (three comma-shaped figures in a circle). Bugaku carries a ritualistic implication and is usually played at the start before dance performance begins. Bugaku purifies the stage. Painted with ink and pigments. Si...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1162910 (stock #111054)
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$1,250.00
Unique Zen ink wash painting depicts scroll and bamboo broom representing Kanzan and Jittoku. Kanzan and Jittoku were Zen eccentric monks thought to have lived at a monastery on Mt. Tendai in China during the Tang period (618-907). They had a thorough knowledge of Buddhist philosophy. Kanzan often depicted holding a scroll, presumably of his poetry, while Jittoku holding a broom, indicating his position as a scullion at a monastery. Their unconventional appearances have often been painted by Zen...