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Erotic Scene - Drawing attr. Kyosai Watanabe - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor realized in the late 19th Century and attributed to Kyosai Watanabe. Bold and
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Antique Indian Mughal Painting of a Couple in Erotic Embrace, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th centuries. The visible painting including its borders measure 11 x 7 1/2 inches (HxW). The frame
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Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Erotic Scene - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in the second
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This pre-columbian moche erotic vessel depicts two figures engaged in a sexual act, specifically
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Pre-Columbian Sculptures and Carvings

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Pottery

Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel
Pre-Columbian Moche Erotic Vessel
H 6.5 in W 8 in D 5.5 in
Qing-Dynasty Erotic Scroll Paintings
Located in Chicago, IL
-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully painted erotic scenes depicting people of the
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Mid-19th Century Qing Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Curiosa Erotic Scene in a Porcelain Nut
Located in Marseille, FR
Object of erotic curiosity "curiosa" 19th century ceramic with polychromy. The nut hinge is broken
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Earthenware

Curiosa Erotic Scene in a Porcelain Nut
Curiosa Erotic Scene in a Porcelain Nut
H 1.78 in W 2.37 in D 1.78 in
Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
paste. Dated to the 19th-century, the box is an example of Qing-dynasty erotica, incorporated discreetly
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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Brass

Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 0.75 in
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Late 19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Erotic folk art walking stick depicting a man in act of praying, England 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Erotic folk-art walking stick, made from a single carved fruitwood branch. The knob depicts a man
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Antiquities

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Brass

Erotic cast pewter plaque, France 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
Erotic cast pewter plaque: A good surprise. In the bedroom with a bourgeois interior, the master of
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Antique Late 19th Century French Sculptures and Carvings

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Pewter

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, Qing-dynasty
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Framed Chinese Erotic Miniature Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Antique Japanese Erotic Shunga Woodblock Print of a Couple in Gilt Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
erotic artistic tradition featuring graphic images of sexual activity. The Japanese word shunga means
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Framed Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 1 in
Framed Chinese Erotic Pillow Book, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully painted erotic scenes depicting people of the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Erotic Sexual Mythological Marble Figural, Nude woman, Bacchante and Satyr Herm
Located in Miami, FL
- whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his upper torso is
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Nude Sculptures

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Marble

Art Nouveau Silver Cigarette Case With Erotic Enamel Painting by F. Reznicek
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite cigarette case with Enamel Paing: Hinged silver box with decorated lid, depiction of a young lady situated in her bed in a luxuriously furnished bedroom, Signature 'Reznice...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Enamel Frames and Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver, Enamel

'Courtesan and Young Man at Fuchu' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Lovers of Okazaki' Original Erotic Shunga Woodblock Print by Utagawa Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the erotic Shunga prints produced by Utagawa 'Ando
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

‘Open Sesame’ - A Bronze Concealed Erotic Figure by Carl Kauba
By Carl Kauba
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
‘Open Sesame’ A Finely Cast Gilt and Patinated Bronze Concealed Erotic Figure Of A Young Woman in
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Erotic Snuffbox
Located in Paris, FR
Walnut tree carved snuffbox featuring a nun, with an erotical twist.  
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Antique 19th Century French Folk Art Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood

19th Century Erotic Snuffbox
19th Century Erotic Snuffbox
H 5.12 in W 1.58 in D 1.97 in
Antique erotic Indian Lovers
Located in Hudson, NY
Lovers India gouache/watercolor on paper 8 1.2 x 6 in.
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Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Eizan Kikugawa, Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Suggestive, Shunga, Erotic
By Kikugawa Eizan
Located in London, GB
. spring pictures]. In Japan, the late eighteenth century saw such imagery banned under new laws, forcing
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Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Washi Paper, Pigment, Woodcut

19th Century folk art hand carved erotic religious figures
Located in London, GB
19th Century folk art hand carved erotic religious figures A matched pair which makes these quite
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Antique 1850s Unknown Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

19th Century Erotic Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
19th century erotic snuff box We are proud to offer a rare example of a mid-19th century erotic
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Antique 1880s Italian Early Victorian Sculptures and Carvings

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Pine

19th Century Erotic Snuff Box
19th Century Erotic Snuff Box
H 4 in W 1.5 in D 2 in
Mythological Art Nouveau Erotic Lockbox, France Early 20th Century
By George Barbier
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare erotic lockbox from the late 1800s originating from France. Sensually decorated and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Romantic Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Art Nouveau Erotic Pearl Charm
Located in New Orleans, LA
This delightful Art Nouveau charm is as provocative as it is enchanting. At first glance, the 18k
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces

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Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Late 19th/Early 20th Century Erotic Bronze Tray
Located in Petaluma, CA
sculpture. It is done in high relief and is pure art nouveau. The sensuous couple is embracing and kissing
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Sculptures

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Bronze

Indo-Persian Erotic Tinned Copper Etched Tray
Located in Stamford, CT
A stunning embossed tray with a central erotic scene of a turbaned male and a topless woman on a
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

19th Century Spiked Erotic Ball
Located in London, GB
19th century spiked erotic ball A rare 19th Century example of a Chinese carved bone spiked
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Antique 1880s Chinese Early Victorian Antiquities

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Bone

19th Century Spiked Erotic Ball
19th Century Spiked Erotic Ball
H 7 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
Lovely Erotic Age Nude Sculpture, Art Nouveau, 19th century
Located in South Burlington, VT
SALE - NOW SAVE 25% AND MORE This is a large and lovely Erotic Age bisque porcelain sculpture of a
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Antique Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

19th Century Japanese Signed Bone Inro with Birds and Erotic Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
Gloriously Naughty 19th century Japanese bone Inro……from circa 1860. The inro is made of 4
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

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Bone

Erotic Game - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
the second half of XIX century by an anonymous Japanese master of XIX century, From a collection of
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Erotic French painter - 19th century figure drawings - Nudes - Ink on paper
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th century) - Four erotic scenes. 17 x 24 cm without frames, 21.5 x 28.5 cm with
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Japanese Erotic scene - Origina Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
century, probably in the second half of XIX century. From a series of twelve Japanese erotic silk
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Japanese Erotic Gouache - Original Gouache on Silk
Located in Roma, IT
Japanese Erotic gouache is a gouache and China ink original painting on silk, realized probably in
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Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Erotic Art of the Masters, the 18th, 19th, & 20th Centuries, First Edition
By Bradley Smith
Located in valatie, NY
Erotic Art of the Masters, The 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries by Bradley Smith, introduction by
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Indian Erotic Gouache of a Kamasutra Position
Located in Stamford, CT
positions, but written as a guide to the "art-of-living" well, the nature of love, finding a life partner
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Art

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Paper

Austrian Erotic Bronze Plaque of Satyrs and Nymph
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 18th-early 19th century Austrian oval bronze plaque depicting a nymph cavorting with two
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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Baroque Decorative Art

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Erotic Porcelain Sake Set, circa 1890
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare antique Japanese porcelain 11-piece sake set with finely painted shunga erotic scenes
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Indian Erotic Kama Sutra Tantric Gouache Paintings in Giltwood Frames
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of late 19th century high quality Indian erotic gouache paintings depicting male and female
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Antique Woodblock Print Album Erotic Couples Shunga Art, 11 Prints
Located in South Burlington, VT
Shunga Art: Shunga is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most Shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Prints

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Paper

Rare Austrian Miniature Bronze Wax Seal Erotic Subject Matter, 19th Century
Located in Redding, CA
Grand Tour during the late 19th century. A very fine example in excellent condition.
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Antique 1890s Austrian Art Nouveau More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Bronze

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How Much is a 19th Century Erotic Art?

A piece of 19th century erotic art can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,752, while the lowest priced sells for $95 and the highest can go for as much as $184,433.
Questions About 19th Century Erotic Art
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The French painters of the 19th century worked in two styles. Neoclassicism dominated the first half of the century, and Impressionism was the most common style during the second half. On 1stDibs, you can find a variety of French paintings.