The paintings depict elegant nobility and entertainers from the Qing dynasty. The robes are exquisitely painted.

Pair of exquisite paintings on delicate pith paper, also known as rice paper, which was made from thin sheets of the evergreen shurb Tetrapanax papyriferum, the “rice-paper plant.” The style and subject matter are typical of export paintings made for export to a Western market or for foreign visitors to Canton’s markets during the late Qing dynasty in the early to mid 19th century. Attractively framed in a red velvet surround.

The Swiss painter Gottfried Strasser was born in Grindelwald in 1885, the son of the well known reform pastor and poet for whom he was named, and died in Muri in 1961.
This beautiful original gouache painting captures the light of the Bernese countrside on a bright spring day. Daisies bloom in the fields. The red [...]

Beautiful small gouache painting of an elegant Victorian woman reading a book in a park. She wears a rich red dress and a scarf loosely draped around her neck.

Beautiful decorative leaf from an antiphonal. Music for a Georgian chant. On parchment. Date unknown.