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Ottoman Miniature by Persian Painter Riza-Zade
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Pre 1837 VR item# 861057 (stock# 61-02)
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A miniature painting of an Ottoman gentleman is signed by Riza-Zade, a Persian artist who was brought to serve in the Ottoman court in the early 19th century. Although the work is richly adorned with gold and touches of vivid red, the subject's reflective expression and loose green robe give the painting a quiet, subdued feeling. Judging by a small area of minor damage to back surface of the paper, the painting most likely was preserved in a book. It is in excellent condition, and signed in ...click for details
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Canal Boat in Mist Watercolor by Zhao-Nian Xi
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Pre 1990 item# 846956 (stock# 36-69)
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A mist-shrouded water scene in soft colors centers on a small houseboat being poled up a canal. This watercolor by contemporary Shanghai painter Zhao-Nian Xi, sealed by the artist in the lower right corner, is characteristic of his technique of using large muted or blank spaces to focus attention on one element. In his scenes of villages along a network of canals near Shanghai, he delivers in each a small, intimate look at one aspect of life. This watercolor is matted and is in excellent condit ...click for details
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Vietnam River Scene in Charcoal by My
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Pre 2000 item# 835364 (stock# 30-69)
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Charcoal on paper is transformed into rippling water reflecting huge ceramic jars in this work signed by Vietnamese artist "My." The jars, though they dwarf both boat and man, serve somehow to draw the viewer into these smaller elements, creating an intimate portrait of the white-beaded grandfather poling his vessel up the river. This Danang artist specializes in capturing with charcoal such moments in the lives of her country's elder citizens. (See a similar work by this artist in ...click for details
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Kishangarh Miniature of Legendary Indian Beauty Radha
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Contemporary item# 808889 (stock# 61-36)
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A drawing by contemporary Kishangarh artist Yagya Prakash copies the form of an 18th century painting attributed to Nihal Chand, an artist in the court of Kishangarh Maharajah Sawant Singh. The distinctive Kishangarh School of miniature painting, characterized by elegantly elongated people with pointed chins and long stylized eyes under drooping eyelids, developed in the early 1700s under the patronage of this 10th ruler of Kishangarh. Frequently portrayed as seen here, are Radha, the beautiful ...click for details
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Young Buddhist Novice Watercolor by Khan Bo
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Pre 2000 item# 804079 (stock# 41-30)
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A young boy in service as a novice monk sets out on his morning rounds to beg for food in this watercolor that conveys the essence of Burma. It is the practice for boys between the ages of about 7 and 13 years of age to leave their families and live for a time as novices at their local monastery where they receive instruction and live monastic lives. This painting, signed by Khan Bo, captures the boy's sense of duty, picturing him alone in a sun-baked Burmese landscape. We unfortunately are ...click for details
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Pencil Sketch by Niko Tsetskhladze
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Pre 2000 item# 802021 (stock# 27-20)
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An intimate study of the melancholy face of a tanner by Niko Tsetskhladze is framed and double matted. The artist works in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, where he was born in 1959. After graduating from the Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts in 1986, he began exhibiting in cities throughout Europe. With such exhibit themes as Caravansarai, Pirosmani to Avant-Guarde, Silk Road, Cartesian Thinking and Icon and Perception, his shows in Cologne, Leipzig, Budapest, Barcelona, Bristol, Moscow, Leningrad and, ...click for details
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Houses Along Canal by Zhao-Nian Xi
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Pre 2000 item# 798782 (stock# 36-57)
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Canal houses just steps away from the water are shrouded in early morning mist in this watercolor by contemporary Shanghai painter Zhao-Nian Xi. The left side of the painting is blank, a variation of a compositional formula of the Southern Sung school used quite often by this artist. (For another example, see our stock #36-58.) In this work, the empty space intensifies the quiet early morning feel of the scene. The water is suggested by a few white lines and faint reflections. The monochromatic ...click for details
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Huangshan Mountain Watercolor by Zhao-Nian Xi
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Pre 2000 item# 798545 (stock# 36-58)
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Shanghai contemporary artist Zhao-Nian Xi represents his country's beloved Huangshan Mountain in this watercolor by devoting the major portion of the painting to the sky. Occupying most of the space from the lower left corner to upper right corner, the sky communicates the vastness and heights of Huangshan's peaks. The technique is a variation of the "one corner" compositional formula of the Southern Sung school, which leaves half the picture nearly blank, adding tension to the ...click for details
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Misty Canal Watercolor by Zhao-Nian Xi
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Pre 2000 item# 793144 (stock# 36-61)
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An early morning canal scene by contemporary Shanghai painter Zhao-Nian Xi is shrouded in blue/grey mist. This artist works primarily in watercolor on paper, producing paintings that have a sense of emptiness and calm. He has focused particularly on the small villages near Shanghai where life centers on a network of ancient canals. Zhao-Nian Xi was born in 1944 and was graduated from the Shanghai School of Fine Art. His paintings are in collections in Asia, Europe and the United States. This wat ...click for details
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Nature Study by Lali Lomtadze
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Pre 2000 item# 789104 (stock# 08-44)
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From a nature study series by Lali Lomtadze of the Republic of Georgia, this mixed media on paper takes a realistic look at leaves, their patterns, shapes and role as food for insects. Noticeable in the composition are two leaves with bite-sized pieces missing, presumably the result of a bug's dinner. Apparently the artist painted just what she saw after propping the stems in a container, appropriate for her series theme of nature in a vase. Whimsy is added with random lines scratched around ...click for details
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