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Subject:Looking for info on these paintings I found
Posted By: Bryan Sat, May 07, 2016 IP: 74.76.47.196
I found the attached two pieces of art and was wondering if you have any idea what they might be? The paper is extremely thin like tissue paper and it's hand painted.

Do you know if they're Chinese? Japanese? age? medium etc.





Subject:Re: Looking for info on these paintings I found
Posted By: Bryan Mon, May 09, 2016
better pictures.... thanks!





Subject:Re: Looking for info on these paintings I found
Posted By: Jay Cutler MVP Wed, May 18, 2016

Hi,

I am not sure about the origin but I think I have seen a similar painting before from Indonesia.

About the topic: Judging from the beard the first person could be Guan Yu (also called Guan Gong or Guandi).
Due to the similarity of both paintings it seems they were created as a pair and therefore the other person with the wild beard could be Zhang Fei. (even though it is more of a comical version)





Subject:Re: Looking for info on these paintings I found
Posted By: Michael O Wed, May 18, 2016
These are what Chinese call "door gods". You can do a google search to find out more.

From the pictures, these look like prints, with paint added by hand to certain parts of the prints.

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