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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Antique Indian Miniature Painting of Lovers Krishna & Radha, Circa 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A charming painting of Lord Krishna and his paramour Radha painted in mineral pigments (gouache) with gold and silver highlights circa mid 19th century in Jaipur style of painting.
Krishna was a god (an incarnation of god Vishnu) who accomplished great feats and defeated insurmountable demons.
However, he is also considered the most playful amongst gods and an epic lover of godly proportions. His love story with Radha (a married woman) has been the subject of much poetry and worship for centuries as it symbolized the divine love.
Here, the lovers are depicted in a loving embrace offering one another a lotus flower. Radha is often depicted hopelessly resisting Krishna's advances as in this painting. The couple's heads are circled by a halo, signifying their divinity. The setting is typical of the interior modeling in the 19th century with use of heavy curtains...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Acrylic
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Gentle Landscape of Sparrow and Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of a sparrow investigating the area beneath blooming wildflowers, including blue colored bell flower. Painted in mineral pigments on silk with go...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Pair of Painted Chinoiserie Panels
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 1960s painted panels depicting trees and birds.
Measurements:
Height: 44"
Width: 26.25".
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Tree Sparrows on Drying Stacks of Bailed Rice
Located in Hudson, NY
Sparrows ravish freshly harvested rice, drying on stakes, beyond wild chrysanthemum. Mineral pigments on silk. Signed in the lower left corner, signature reads: Soetsu. With a si...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Edo Six Panel Table Screen After Maruyama Okyo
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic diminutive Japanese Edo period table top screen depicting a lively water landscape with flora and fauna. The screen is beautifully painted o...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Mid-Century Chinese Export Four Panel Gilt Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Heavenly Mid-Century Modern period Chinese export lacquered coromandel screen featuring four panels depicting celestial beauties in the sky with decorative ruyi clouds and moon. Soli...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Egrets in Flight
Located in Hudson, NY
A siege of Egrets glide along the warm golden backdrop. Mineral pigments and gold on mulberry paper with lacquered wood trim.
Category
20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landcape Bridge with Iris Flowers
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature lake/landscape scene with a water walkway/angular bridge and blossoming iris flowers - perhaps an homage to the famed Irises screens...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Children Playing in Garden
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Chinese brush painting of children playing in garden, ink and color on silk, 19th century, conservation framed
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Chinese Floral Painted Scroll Signed and Dated
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Seasonal autumn Chinese hanging scroll featuring a painting of delicate flowers with a calligraphy signature and date. Crafted on hand-made mulberry paper...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Decorative Wall Plate of Spring
Located in Milano, IT
Round plate made of bronze and cloisonné enamel designed in China in the 20th century.
This plate is made of bronze and cloisonné enamel, a goldsmith technique originally applied to...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Hunting Hawks Falcons Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting three distinct tethered and tamed hunting birds of prey - hawks or falcons (Takagari) - sitting upon their...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Nadeshiko on Bamboo Trellis on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Nadeshiko, also known as fringed pinks is a flowering plant native to Japan. Ink, mineral pigments and 18th century gold leaf, with good veining, on mulbe...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Japanese Contemporary Framed Brocade Silk Handcrafted Oshie Decorative Art, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary unique Japanese Contemporary large framed and signed traditional Oshie decorative art piece in black and cream, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pictures”) that goes back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It is said this art form was born of the reluctance of ladies of the court and elite aristrocratic women to discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi they had donned for a lifetime. The solution was to recycle these opulent fabrics into stunning works of art. The creator of this signed piece prides herself in using the best antique and vintage kimono and obi fabrics...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Zhao Chengxiang Floral Still Life Ink on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Zhao Chengxiang (Chinese, b. 1953) ink painting on paper scroll depicting a flower still life scene with cat, signed.
Note: Zhao Chengxiang is a native of the Shantou, Guangdong Prov...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Chinese Qing Four Panel Lacquered Incised Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare unusual late 19th century/early 20th-century Chinese Qing four-panel coromandel screen. The front features dark red lacquer decorated with scholars objects and small landscape s...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Moon and Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Showa period (1926 - 1989) painting with a strong design of exotic lilies and a cluster of nadeshiko (dianthus) under a silver moon on gold. This painting has a modern flair, which ...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Ribbons of 17th century calligraphy poems are mounted on an 18th century screen with a woven bamboo motif. These poems are aristocratic Waka poem...
Category
17th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
English Oil Painting Ship Sea Scape Maritime Art
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Wonderful English oil painting of a ship in a vivid blue ocean
Artist has really captured the beauty to the scene with great skill
Comes in the gilt frame
Piece is signed J Hardey in bottom right corner
Please let us know if you would like to view this piece in our Canonbury Antiques...
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1980s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Rare & Collectable Antique Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1920’s Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting Geisha Girls
Please...
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1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Japanese Brush Painting of a Standing Bodhisattva of Mercy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese brush painting of a standing Bodhisattva of Mercy, beautiful colors and brush work, 19th century, original brocade mount
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountain Landscape With Cedar and Pine on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting, reminiscent of early Kano School paintings, in sumi (ink) and minimal pigments on gold leaf with a silk brocade border.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portrait, #Ric.P2
Located in Norton, MA
Hand-Painted on silk, Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Silk
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Rimpa Style Summer Flowers on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Red and yellow chrysanthemums and pampass grasses. Meiji period (1868 - 1912), Rimpa style painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Pair of Wooden Art Deco Double Pannel Screens
Located in New York, NY
Pair of art deco doble screens with a squared step down 3-dimensional pattern. Each one of the screems measures 52 inches". and they are conected by hinges to allow for multiple fold...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Silk Scroll by Haruki Nanmei Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese hanging silk scroll by late Edo period painter Haruki Nanmei (1795-1878). The gouache painting was in the tradition of Kano school and depicts an old scholar dressed in lo...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
1930s Japanese 4 Panel Carved Soapstone Room Divider Screen
Located in Torquay, GB
A stunning early 20th century Japanese room divider folding screen.
Consists of 4 brass hinged panels standing on castor wheels, with each panel lacquered ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Original Lithograph Joan Miró, Ceramiques, 1974
By Joan Miró, Maeght
Located in San Diego, CA
Joan Miró, Ceramiques, is an original Lithograph made in 1974. It has a printed signature in the lower right of the image. Published and Printed by Maeght, Paris. M.928.
Joan Miró w...
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1970s French Expressionist Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Large Kakemonos Japanese Mythology, 19th Century Japan circa 1800 Edo
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful set of 6 large kakemonos from 19th century Japanese mythology.
Paper support with a canvas pasted on the paper
Wonderful set that is part of Japan's history and beliefs
When not hung, the Kakemonos are rolled up.
circa 1800 - Japan - Edo Period
A kakemono translates as "object to hang". In Japan this refers to a painting or calligraphy, most often done on silk or paper framed in a scroll that was intended to be hung on walls or in public lighting. This particular form, which allows them to be in a roll, dates back to the Tang dynasty in China (this would be related to the copying and preservation of ancient Buddhist texts). A Kami is a deity or spirit worshipped in the Shinto religion. A Yokai is a spirit, ghost, demon, or strange apparition from the creatures of Japanese folklore.
Each of these kakemonos represents a unique story:
- A kami, a Japanese deity, is shown painting a rainbow. Indeed, he performs the action with his right hand while his left hand holds a kind of basket with three pots of paint. This kami has a rather closed attitude. He is standing in a dark and tormented sky. Below this figure, 8 villagers are dressed in traditional Japanese clothes. Their faces are softened. They are not afraid of the elements made by the kami above their heads.
- A character with an unreal look is holding a kind of jar with his two hands, which he spills on human figures above. This being is floating in the air, probably a character from mythology, perhaps Susanoo. Underneath, villagers on umbrellas. They are trying to protect themselves as best they can from what is falling on them. One of them is carrying baskets with fish on her shoulders. A character in the background is thrown forward and falls.
- On this kakemono, the god Raijin, dressed in a white and blue outfit, strikes the sky with his two drum hammers to create lightning and its thunderous sound. Surrounded by Tomoe and a long red scarf, Raijin, enraged and with dishevelled hair, creates a dark and violent storm. The villagers seem frightened by this meteorological phenomenon. One of the villagers can be seen fainting in the arms of a man. This scene may seem chaotic, but Japanese legend tells us that once a field is struck by lightning, the harvest is good.
- On this kakemono, we see an unreal-looking figure holding a fan, as if he were sweeping away the bad weather, or simply producing gusts of wind. He is probably the kami of wind and air, Shina tsu-hiko. The figures below him seem surprised by so much wind. An umbrella flies away on the left, the women hold their hair and scarf, the clothes are caught in the power of the wind, there is even a woman on the ground on the bottom left.
- This Kakemono represents a short moment. This Raiju is a yokai (ghost spirit...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Orange by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Title : Orange
Japan / 2023s
Size : w970 x h970 mm
A work that has been unevenly dyed after hand-painting.
This quilt is made with linen viyella, which has a natural sheen.
Hand quilted with cotton thread and Uses hand-knitted hemp strings.
Hand dyed with chinese sumac .
[Blue Tip...
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2010s Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku sai.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Nadeshiko on Bamboo Trellis
Located in Hudson, NY
Nadeshiko, also known as fringed pinks is a flowering plant native to Japan. Ink, mineral pigments and 18th century gold leaf, with good veining, on mulbe...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
19th Century Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait
Located in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Ancestor Portrait of a noble Qing Dynasty woman. Her social status is reflected in the sable-trimmed overcoat fashioned in the strictly enforced dress coat of the Qing Dynasty. The ...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Mathilda by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Title : Mathilda(Ⅰ,Ⅱ)
Japan / 2023s
Size : w440 x h440 mm
This quilt is made with french linen.
Hand-quilted with cotton thread.
Hand dyed with madder, chinese sumac, Japanese Pagoda Tree flower buds
and tingi （A kind of bark of mangrove）.
[Blue Tip...
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2010s Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
Japanese Landscape Painting, Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese scroll painting of landscape painting depicted village along the riverside in the mountains with fisherman
Ink and color on silk
Overall size...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
one leaf by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Title : one leaf
Japan / 2023s
Size : w790 x h1200 mm
A work that has been unevenly dyed after hand-painting.
This quilt is made with linen viyella, which has a natural sheen.
Han...
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2010s Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
Original Balinese Traditional School Painting Harvest Artisan Signed and Framed
Located in Greer, SC
Stunning hand painted original Balinese traditional painting, featuring a scene of harvesting created in great detail. Signed by the artisan on the lower right hand corner. Measures ...
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Mid-20th Century Balinese Tribal Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pine on Heavy Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with heavy gold leaf and a silk brocade border made of antique monk's robes.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pearlescent Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring an idyllic seascape with beauties. The background is comprised of pearlescent crystal sand that shines like glitter ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Antique Hand Painted Indian Folk Art Painting Depicting Musicians and Archers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian hand-painted folk art painting depicting musicians and archers in a brass custom frame. Step into a vibrant world of rhythm and archery with this antique Indian han...
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Early 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Thangka of Celebration Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting 63 Buddhas with consorts and 5 protector Vajrabhairavas. Buddha seated dhyana asana on lotus throne at the center of the mandala i...
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2010s Nepalese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Chinese Brush Painting of Plants
Located in Greenwich, CT
Refined Chinese brush painting of plants, ink on rice paper, 19th century, signed with seal.
Overall size: 17.6 width. 15.5" height
Image size: 10.6"...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Romping Puppies in Bamboo Grove
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
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19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Portrait, Senior Official First Rank, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressively sized 19th century Chinese Qing dynasty ancestral portrait painting of a senior official of the first rank in bamboo frame with silk ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Fine Antique Gilt Lotus Bud Flower, Edo Period 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions, a rare find, stem #3
Antique Original Japanese temple "blossominig lotus" flower bud stem. This finely hand carved wood and lacquered gold flower stem was made for a Buddhist 19th century temple altar...
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1840s Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Vintage Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing.
Colorful Pichhavai hand painted on cotton cloth, circa 1940, depicting a scene from the life of Krishna, in a garden setting.
One of a kind Pichhavai painting of Krishna with female Gopis dancing, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest and the colors of the dresses play off against the vegetative forms, adding a lively pattern to the whole composition green and black border with stylized floral motifs on a blue ground, border composed of meandering leafy vines and multicolored flowers.
A Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna, represented in multiple places with female Gopis dancing and offering, great colors, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest and the colors of the dresses in yellow and oranges play off against the vegetative forms, adding a lively pattern to the whole floral composition, with a colorful Gopis and worshipers. A beautiful antique early 20th century Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna represented in multiple places with Gopi dancing. This piece is all hand painted in pastel colors. It is believed that Krishna enchants the world, but Radha enchants even him. Therefore, she is the supreme goddess of all and together they are called as Radha-Krishna.
Gouache on cloth. Rajasthan Jaipur, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Decorative Art.
One of a kind hand-painted.
Some damages on the corners.
Not framed will be shipped rolled.
Dimensions height: 47.25 in. width: 36.5 in.
A Picchawai is a large-scale temple hanging made for temporary use in a Pushti Marg shrine. The Pushti Marg (Path of Grace) is a Hindu sect that focuses on the worship of Krishna. One of a kind large size painting on cloth depicting the story of Krishna from a young age. Hand Made painting on cloth.This is an exceptional example including quality of line and design. Not framed, will be shipped rolled. Hand painted in India Lord Krishna Beautiful Hand Painted Indian Traditional Religious pichwai with gopis .... "Maharaas" Maharas is one of the wonderful pastimes of Shri Krishna. It was conceived by the Gopis in Vrindavan in the month of Margashirsha. The gopis worshiped Goddess Katyayani continuously for one month on the sands of Yamuna in Vrindavan and chanted daily. Lord Krishna had to come because of his love and penance. Krishna created Maharas by holding different forms with each gopi there The
A picchawai is a large-scale temple hanging made for temporary use in a Pushti Marg shrine. The Pushti Marg (Path of Grace) is a Hindu sect that focuses on the worship of Krishna. Pichhwai paintings...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton
Beautiful Japanese large 6-panel byôbu 屏風 with cranes 鶴 and pine tree 松, signed
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very beautiful large six-panel byôbu (room-divider) with a refined polychrome painting on paper of a pine tree (matsu) and two cranes (tsuru).
In Japanese culture, the pine tree i...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Tibetan Thangka of Amitabha Buddha Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
One of our finest hand painted Tibetan Thangkas from Nepal. This extraordinary Thangka depicts 108 Buddhas with consorts in celestial court witnessing Amitabha's achievement of nirva...
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2010s Nepalese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Unique Reverso Room Divider by Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Unique Reverso room divider by Draga & Aurel
Price for each piece. Please contact us
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 29 H 271
Materials: Resin, po...
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2010s Italian Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Vintage Asian Hunting Scene Four Panel Room Screen With Black Lacquered Edges an
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A super chic vintage asian screen showing a hunting scene with cherry blossoms. The screen has (4) 18" panels, black lacquered edges and brass fi...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Framed Chinese Painting with Quails and Eggs
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Chinese Painting with three quails and eggs.
Ink and color on paper. Artist signed and seal
Overall size; 15" width. 213.5" height
Imag...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinoiserie Panel Hand Painted Wallpaper on Gold Metallic, Accept Custom Size
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Aubusson Screen
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century French carved giltwood framed, three fold French Aubusson tapestry screen. Depicting classical romantic rural scen...
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19th Century French Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Tapestry, Giltwood
Chinese Six Panel Hand Painted Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite six panel Chinese room divider folding screen features intricate handpainted landscape scenery with fighting scenes of warriors on ho...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Oil Painting “Taste of Freedom” – Unsigned
Located in Lincoln, GB
19th Century Oil Painting “Taste of Freedom” – Unsigned
A delightful scene in which a pet Blackbird is let out of their cage and allowed to eat some of their masters food, quite po...
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19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Oil Painting ‘Lessons to be Learnt’ – Signed
Located in Lincoln, GB
19th Century Oil Painting “Lessons to be Learnt”
Signed by “K 87” (1887)
Framed in a highly decorative classical frame
Continental scene depicting a stern schoolmaster lambasting ...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Style Showa Six Panel Screen Chinese Gilt Mountain Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Japanese style Showa period six-panel byobu screen featuring a serene Chinese mountain landscape along a waterway over a dramatic gilt background. The painting is accompan...
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20th Century Asian Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Asian Decorative Art Phad Painting Rajasthan Royal Procession
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian Decorative Art Phad Painting Rajasthan Royal Procession.
Add a festive touch with this superbly hand painted Phad painting of a Rajput Royal Pr...
Category
1950s Indian Folk Art Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
Traditional Asian paintings were often created on scrolls and folding screens. Artisans made screens that could be folded up or spread out by connecting several panels using hinges. Today, antique Asian folding screens and paintings are sophisticated decorative accents that can serve as makeshift partitions to ensure privacy.
The original folding screens were created by Chinese artists. The earliest record of screens comes from the 2nd century B.C., and surviving examples date back to the Ming dynasty. Chinese painting utilizes many of the same tools as calligraphy — these screens were crafted from wood with painted panels featuring striking art or calligraphy that told cultural stories or represented nature and life in the area.
The practice was introduced to Japan, where paintings for screens were made on paper and silk, in the 8th century. These paintings frequently feature subjects such as landscapes, animals, flowers and Buddhist religious themes. Along with screens for tea ceremonies and dance backgrounds, there were screens for use in Shinto and Buddhist temples.
In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens.
Traditional Asian paintings can make a tasteful addition to any wall, and screens can be used as decoration or, in the case of larger iterations, as an aesthetic way to divide a large room. Browse the selection of antique Asian paintings and screens from a variety of styles and eras on 1stDibs.
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