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Just bought this brush painting from a small auction house in Ohio, so photos are small since they are from the auction listing. It will be about a week before I receive it in the mail.

Looks like a nice painting and was advised the painted area measures about 36" long x 18" wide.

I see some minor foxing and the frame looks like it is from the 1950's or thereabout.

Can you help with a translation? I'll post better photos once it arrives if it turns out to be more than just a decorative piece.

Thanks.

Looks decent but can't tell much more from these pics. Please post clearer images when you receive it.

Should arrive on Tuesday....I'll post photos then.

Thanks as always.

Just bought this watercolor. Measures 23.5" x 34.0".

Frame and look appears to be 1970-80's.

Has a Japanese feel, but since I have no ability to read the signature/seal, if you can help to ID, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

not quite sure what to make of this. Given the seal, I suspect that the inscription is a similarly stylized version of archaic seal script. The final character seems to read "hua"-painted by, but that gets you no closer to the artist's name in the three preceding characters. Mikeoz has the most experience here with archaic script, he may be able to read them more easily. My _guess_ from the first of these characters is that this is a Chinese painting by someone surnamed Wang.

I bought this 'tree' painting from among a group of very modern Chinese paintings done in a very modernistic/abstract manner...this was the most traditional among the group.

Having no ability to read Chinese characters, looking at the seal, it almost looks like a 3 letter monogram made to look like a Chinese character.

The painting is gallery framed with UV glass from what looks like the 1980/90's....so, to get clearer photos (with no glare from the flash)I need to remove it from the frame.

Painted area (viewable) measures 26.25" tall x 19.0" wide.

Seal under calligraphy (smaller) measures slightly larger than .5" x .5"
Seal in lower right corner (larger) measures slightly larger than 1.0" x 1.0"

What I thought was foxing is in fact light paint spots applied by the artist as part of the scene.

Looks like a mountain scene near a waterfall and a coast line....several boats are traveling along the coast (lower right corner).

So, what do you think?

the inscription begins with the Chinese version of the Manchu surname of the Qing dynasty rulers of China, but this is a modern picture (painted in recent decades), so I am not sure why that is mentioned. the artist's name is in the seal immediately following the inscription. The surname is Ning but I don't recognize the first character of the given name, my wild guess for it is 滔 ("tao"), the second character of the given name is "han".

Thank you. Too bad the painting does not have a more recognizable name. Nicely rendered and an inexpensive buy, so I am happy.

Do the seals offer any further information on the date/artist?

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