Featured Chinese ebay silk paintings

Hi folks, a continuation from the finds friends, now i've received them all thought id post as a single thread

these were purchased from ebay, though the pictures were bad and sideways (worked out as £12 each)

was a gamble as you couldnt see if they were painted or prints or what

they are double sided, but only like the portrait sides

each measures 13" by 5"

thankfully they are hand painted and have some age i think

any thoughts or info appreciated

 

think they would be more profitable sold seperately, but think they would look great as a 3 part folding standing frame ?

 

They are lovely Charlie, I especially like the delicate faces.
If they were mine I’d be sending pics off to Auction Houses with Asian art specialists.

 

They are gorgeous, charlie. Elegant, charming, well painted, and a bargain.

I think so too. They could benefit from frames, which they probably had originally, but you can leave that to the buyer.

They could have been part of a folding screen. If so, it probably had at least one other part.

 

Thanks Aj and House

yeah finding frames wont be the easiest of endeavours.

at least selling them unframed, you can see that they have some age, and not some modern thing

the titles are quite cool as well, so selling together would have that missed in the auction headings

 

Beautiful mate-be interested when you get more info on them.I'd try shooting some pics off to auction houses/experts-what the hell,all they can do is ignore or answer you.
IMHO These are worth patience & research.

 

Those are quite lovely, Ches I think you got them for a steal.

I copied the Chinese text from the one with the moon in the sky and Google Translate says:
嫦娥奔月
Chang'e flies to the moon

From that, I found the following from this site:

Mid-Autumn Festival Story - Chang E Flying to the Moon
Several versions of Mid-Autumn Festival story about Chang E flying to the moon are spread in the folklore. The most popular one is that a powerful archer, Hou Yi, shot down nine suns and saved people from suffering. As a reward, Wangmu, the Queen of Heaven, gave him the elixir of immortality. Hou Yi was not willing to become an immortal himself and gave the elixir to Chang E, his wife, for safekeeping. On a 15th day of an eighth lunar month, when Hou Yi was not out, one of his followers called Pengmeng forced Chang E to hand over the elixir. In desperation, Chang E swallowed it in desperation and flew to the moon. Since then, every year on 15th day of eighth lunar month, Hou Yi set up a banquet towards the moon, hoping to reunite with Chang E.

Whether this has any useful meaning as pertaining to your art, I do not know.

 

Thanks for the info sabe, how cool is that, nice that there actually based on something

 

They are beautiful . I think you did well,they obviously have some age. Id let the buyers decide on the frame theyd like. Everyone has different tastes . I like a black frame on everything !

 

Good old black lacquer traditional, but i'd let the buyer decide too.

 

I think everything made in China is based on something from long, long ago that we have no idea about. That’s my experience at least. Nothing is random. Not even the plant life chosen on any particular piece.

 

I see not more than 100 years old. My guess would be 30-70 years old. Colors and lines don’t seem right to me for older than that. I think there was a time when the really good faces were an extreme response to how bad the faces had gotten on the quickly produced export stuff. Not sure if that theory makes sense the way I said it, but it’s something I feel like I’ve noticed in later “reproductions”. Nice things, pretty to look at and worth a gamble. Hope they turn out to be good and/or profitable.

Probably wouldn’t be too hard to add hinges to simple wooden frames.

 

Sweet things. Id be inclined to sell them as they are and leave them as a blank canvas for the buyer. Also less time spent on them and easier to package.

 

Gorgeous find they are beautiful!

 

I acquired a beautiful Chinese painting on silk at auction. It had chop marks and other markings I wanted help with. I contacted a Chinese professor at a local university. He was very kind and helpful, and was able to identify the artist and time period of the painting. He enjoyed seeing the art. With that knowledge I found a few more paintings by the same artist. Still have it, though I tried a few auction houses that weren't interested (one of his paintings was sold on Invaluable, but no way to know what it sold for). So it could be another source you may have access to as I did, along with auction houses.