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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Xavier Cugat Reading Playboy Oil on Board
Located in New York, NY
Xavier Cugat (Spanish, 1900-1990) oil painting on panel depicting a seated monk figure reading Playboy Magazine, signed lower right, housed in a carved woo...
Category
20th Century Unknown Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Set of Chinese Figurative Mid Century Watercolor Landscapes
Located in Lomita, CA
These are two paintings depicting figures in a natural landscape setting among trees and other garden settings. The palette is pastel mixed with neutral tones. Based on the hairstyle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Mid-19th Century Pair of Chinese Gouache Portraits
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century pair of Chinese portraits painted on rice or pith paper. An official of the Qing dynasty and his wife, set in lushly detailed interiors. From symbols of authority to...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
Chinese Suzhou Embroidery Table Screen
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Suzhou Embroidery Table Screen, revolving panel depicting cat and praying mantis scene.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Thread, Wood, Glass
Antique Framed Buddhist Painting
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Tibetan Thangka Buddhist painting hand-painted on canvas, created for the veneration of the Three Great Bodhisattvas. Embrace the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with this vibra...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Wood
T. Mellara Abstract Expressionism Ink on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern abstract expressionism ink on paper, signed in pencil "T.MELLARA" to lower right, circa 1962, housed in a silvered wood frame.
Dimensions: Image: 6" H x 6.75" W;...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Etien Abstract Expressionism Acrylic on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Etien (American, born 1948) abstract expressionism acrylic and pastel on paper from artist's 'black period', circa 1990s, signed to lower right, housed in an ebonized wood frame.
D...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Scroll Painting of Countryside Person Carry Basket of Flowers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Scroll Painting of countryside person with traditional dress carry basket of flowers
Ink on paper mounted on a scroll
Overall size:...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Domenick Capobianco Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), "Untitled", Abstract Oil on Canvas, in black and red tones, in the manner of Pierre Soulage (French, 1919-2022), apparently unsigned, "Studio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Contemporary silk brocade Handcrafted Decorative Art, 5
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary hand crafted Japanese contemporary traditional oshie decorative art piece with a stunning three-dimensional effect. This is a traditional Japanese handcrafted wall deco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Signed Modern "Blue Wave I" Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Modern minimalist oil on canvas painting depicting an abstracted azure streak upon a slate gray ground, signed to lower right, titled "Blue Wave I" and dated 2007 to verso, housed in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Illegibly Signed Harbor Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Impressionistic nautical motif oil on canvas painting depicting an ocean side seascape landscape with boats, signed illegibly to lower right, with a white mat and housed in a hardwoo...
Category
20th Century Unknown Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Hand-Painted Art Deco Inspired Four-Panel Screen with Three Elegant Ladies
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage hand-painted wooden four-panel screen from the mid 20th century with Art Deco inspired décor. Immerse yourself in the captivating charm of the 1920s with this exquisite vin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Fine Hand Carved Pair Flying Cranes With Matsu Trees Ranma Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine hand carved wooden screen "ranma" or transom featuring a spectacular composition of a pair (2) of finely carved flying cranes among matsu trees executed in kuri (chestnut wood), circa 1950s.
In Japan, the crane, or tsuru, is a national treasure and is considered the bird of happiness...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
2 Indian Miniatures, 19th Century
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Two Indian miniatures representing gallant scenes, painted with extreme finesse !
Gouache, ink and gold highlights on paper.
Dimensions of the miniatures alone : 14 x 20 cm.
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Paravento Giapponese - Foglia d'oro
Located in Brescia, IT
Paesaggio primaverile di ignoto pittore della scuola Rinpa, XIX secolo, inchiostro a sei pannelli dipinto su foglia oro su carta di riso.
I fiori sono realizzati con la tecnica del "...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Table Screen Noble Procession
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese Showa period for panel table screen depicting a procession of guards, nobles and attendants. Vibrant ink and color natural pigments on mulberry paper with gold f...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Four-panel golden screen of Rinpa school
Located in Brescia, IT
Japan, mid-Edo period.
Floral scene of a Rimpa School garden with polychrome chrysanthemum flowers.
Four-panel screen painted in pigment on rice paper and gold leaf of beautiful size...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Kano School Bird Waterscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning late 19th century Japanese Meiji period six panel byobu screen featuring a deep blue waterscape with pheasants and ducks. Made in the Kano sch...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Asian Polychrome Coromandel Black Lacquer Enamel Eight-Panel Court Floor Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
Chinese Polychrome Coromandel Black Lacquer Eight-Panel Court Screen. Comprised of 8 lacquered coromandel panels, this Chinese folding screen is intri...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Enamel
Meiji Period Silver Oxidized Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Silver Oxidized Screen
This exceptional oxidized silver leafed screen makes for an ideal enhancement to contemporary interiors. The original shining silver look has changed with nat...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Two-panel screen of " Rinpa School"
Located in Brescia, IT
Floral scene of a Rimpa School garden with polychrome chrysanthemum flowers.
Two-panel screen painted in pigment on gilded rice paper of beautiful size and well preserved.
Bold color...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Two-panel screen of Rinpa school painted with mineral pigments on silk and rice paper.
It depicts colorful peony flowers. This is the flower of spring, symbolizing success and pro...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Vintage Japanese Ukiyo-e Print of Kinkaku-ji in Snow by Tokuriki Tomikichiro
By Tokuriki Tomikichiro 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Japanese woodblock print.
Entitled "Kinkaku-ji in Snow".
By Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902 - 1999). Tokuriki came from a...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique Photographic Prop Screen, Japanese, Silk Cotton, Room Divider, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique photographic prop screen. A Japanese, silk cotton embroidered 4-fold room divider, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Delicate time-worn condition ideal for set dressing or decorative purposes
Displays a desirable aged patina, in original order
Four fold frame dressed in textiles and wooden panels
Golden silk cotton shimmers delightfully in the light
Embroidered with charming birds and foliate decor
Each panel adorned with carved fretwork borders and domed crowns
This is a charmingly time worn antique photographic prop screen, with an appealing Japanese decor...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Reverse Painting on Glass of Young Asian Boy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful reverse painting on glass of young Asian boy. Very rare and also rare subject matter. Very cute boy image. This is 19th Century. Great colors.
Category
19th Century Chinese Other Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Large Japanese byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with Nanga School-style painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined Nanga School-style painting of a peaceful mountain landscape along a river. A large Chinese pavilion sits at the base of a tall towering cliff, next to a large curving pine tree (matsu). A junk with fishing nets is docked near the complex.
This pavilion is looking over a small village in the distance, where several thatched roofs an figures are visible.
Across the wide river, even the rooftops of the next village can be seen.
This painting is made using black ink (sumi) on an goldish oxidized silver leaf background.
Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful aged patina.
The screen is signed in the lower left corner by an artist named Kômokuken.
Mounted by two silk borders, a thin blue and white one, and a broad brown one with a crane motif. Protected by a black lacquer frame with original hardware.
Dimensions:
Total width: 145.51 in/369.6 cm (2 x 24.80 in/63 cm, 4 x 23.97 in/60.9 cm), Height: 68.11 in/173 cm.
The folding screen is ideal for mounting flat on a wall and presenting as a single work of art.
Nanga ( "Southern painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Vintage Two Panel Asian Screen Landscape Scene
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage two panel Asian screen with a watercolor landscape with a gold leaf sky, that effortlessly transports you to a realm of tranquil beauty...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Serene Solitary Boatman Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Peaceful Japanese Showa period four panel folding byobu featuring a solitary boatman in a canoe in a lush mountain river landscape. The serene setting is painted with vibrant green p...
Category
20th Century American Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with chrysanthemum garden
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very colourful and captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined continuous painting of a luscious flower garden filled with many different types of chrysanthemums (kiku), next to a winding river.
This multi-coloured painting is set on a shiny gold-leaf background, and the chrysanthemum flowers are painted by using shell paste (gofun) in low relief.
Several clutches with a great variety of chrysanthemum flowers are in full bloom and they each show their unique form and colour. Varying from white, red, yellow and pink. The flowers bloom all around and on different kinds of bamboo fences and trellises.
In Japan chrysanthemums are believed to represent happiness, love, longevity and joy.
The panels are surrounded by two silk borders, a thin black one, and a wide brown one. The screen is protected by a black and red negoro’nuri...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Asian Two Panel Table Screen Flowering Prunus with Songbird
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Asian two panel byobu screen featuring a blossoming prunus tree with a songbird perched on its branch. Vibrant ink and color pigments applied to a golden silk ground. The pa...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Irises on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Irises on Gold
Showa period (1926 - 1989) painting, beautifully mounted with silvered hardware. Seal reads: Eishun. Mineral pigments on gold with a silk ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Plum & Young Pines. Kano School.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Dimensions (Each screen): H. 176 cm x W. 378 cm (69’’ x 149’’)
This pair of Japanese folding screens depict blossoming plum trees amongst young pines. They are designed to capture t...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Monumental Hand Painted Chinese Scroll With Ancestors In Custom Frame
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A monumental hand painted Chinese work depicting 11 male and female multi-generational ancestral figures. The portrait with one male in black attire and 3 men in black attire with bl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fascinating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on goldish silver leaf with different scenes of people at work in a rural mountain village during th...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
19th Century Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Buddhist Thangka
Located in Pomona, CA
Very beautiful and colorful Antique Tibetan Buddhist Thangka. It is all hand painted with Tibetan natural mineral painting material which can last for...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Hanaguruma Flower Cart
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautiful Japanese Showa period four panel silk screen depicting a colorful Hanaguruma or flower cart. A bountiful cornucopia of peonies, irises, wisteria, and chrysanthemums set in ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique Chinese Lacquered and Gilt Decorated Wood Door Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Tall black lacquered carved door panels with two large decorated shaped sections above and below in gilt and dark red, framed by smaller floral ones. The top panels illustrate pavili...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Large Framed Chinese Watercolor Panel
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A vintage large framed Chinese watercolor panel that invites viewers into a tranquil realm of timeless beauty and cultural richness. This exquisite artwor...
Category
20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Japanese 4 Panels Screens White Flying Cranes
Located in New York, NY
Japanese 4 Panels Screens White Flying Cranes
Late Meiji - Early Taisho Period- Great looking screen, in good vintage con...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Red Lacquered Leather Four Panels with Brass Nailheads Accentuation, Vintage
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of four Chinese vintage red lacquered leather panels with brass nailhead accentuation. This set of four Chinese vintage panels exudes an aura of traditional elegance and cultur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Winter Landscape Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a minimalist color palette, this Chinese scroll painting depicts an idyllic mountainside landscape in the middle of winter. The hangin...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinoiserie Panel Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on Blue Silk /Panel
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. Measures: 3 ft x 8 ft.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Rudolf Jacobi (German, 1889 - 1972) A snow covered village, oil on canvas.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rudolf Jacobi (German, 1889 - 1972) A snow covered village, oil on canvas painting. Signed lower right.
Frame: 38.5"x 32.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century European Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Meiji Two-Panel Screen Chinese Country Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th / early 20th century Japanese Meiji period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring a winter landscape with a Chinese country villa and distant village. Kano School screen ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Fretwork Screen with Carved Scrolling Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden screen from the 19th century with fretwork motifs, carved scrolling foliage pierced in the upper section and objects carved in low-relief at the ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Mount Fuji Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting a wooded valley landscape with a rustic dwelling near mount Fuji. The screen is decorated with fantastic, vivid blue ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Impressionist Painting of Trees in Snow By S Kitayama Dated 1912
Located in San Francisco, CA
An impressionist painting of a trees in snow on a wooden board in period carved gilded frame.
It is signed on the bottom right hand corner S Kitayama and dated 1912.
Further inscription in Kanji on the back of the frame.
Frame measures 17 x 20 1/2 inches
Painting measures 9 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches
Frame is original to the painting and of the period.
The painter is most likely Seitaro Kitayama (Japanese, 1888-1945), an important figure in late Meiji period credited with being the father of Japanese animation before Walt Disney started his company.
The painting style is impressionism which was keenly followed by a new generation of Japanese artists who either traveled to Europe for training or received Western publications on artists and gallery shows at home.
Kitayama, Seitaro was born on March 3, 1888 in Wakayama, and died on February 13, 1945.
In 1911, Kitayama became an apprentice to Tojiro Oshita and, while studying painting, also helped out with editing the art magazine Mizue. He soon moved to Tokyo and established the Western Art Guild of Japan and published Contemporary Western Art. He later joined the Fusain Art Group as a manager where he would support young western-style artists such as Ryusei Kishida and Sohachi Kimura by providing art supplies, in addition to holding exhibitions and publishing catalogues. On the other hand, he entered the Nikkatsu Mukojima Studio in 1916, proposed the inclusion of illustrations in intertitles, and made this his work. It was there that one of the first Japanese animations...
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1910s Japanese Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Acrylic
Japanese Large Old Signed Bronze Temple Bell with Bold Sound, 19 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
For your special garden setting or indoor display space.
Large Hand Cast Original Green Patina Bronze Bell With Makers Signature emblazoned on its side. Bold pleasing sound
Beautiful deep resonating ring tones await the new owner of this large one-of-a-kind antique bronze bell from old Japan. Its beautiful light green patina makes it an attractive and desirable work of art. This distinctive dragon headed bell called ryuzu and remarkable protrusions called chi chi or nyu are crafted by generations old skilled Japanese specialists to improve sound resonance and are unique to Japan's ancient traditions.
This antique hand cast bronze temple bell dates to the middle Showa period, mid last century.
Signed with the makers name please see photographs.
A rare survivor, this rugged bell was gently used.
Please note its impressive cast dragon headed top ryuzu, thick walls and original blue gray toned patina.
Dimensions: 19 inches tall and 11 inches diameter. It has been used and possesses an original light green aged patina appropriate to its age-just the way we like to find them.
Its deep resonating sound is guaranteed to please you. In addition. It’s bold sound of brings to the Japanese people - the “voice of Buddha” is even more impressive because of its thick walls (see photo). This bell sound and voice of Buddha was used to deliver wishes to the temples patrons and followers.
We will also include a complimentary hand striker.
Unique. Great garden consideration.
Only One.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity.
History of Japan's temple bells, bonsho :
Rather than containing a clapper, bonsho is struck from the outside, using either a handheld mallet or a beam suspended on ropes.
Antique Japanese bronze temple bells...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Showa Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Red, Black and Gold Indian Album Pages, Deccan, Bijapur or Golconda, C
Located in London, GB
These Indian miniature paintings showcases an elegantly dressed Indian man and a lady, the lady elegantly dressed in a traditional sari and adorned with int...
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18th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Pair of Japanese Modern Bamboo Room Dividers Screens Decorative Panels Wall Art
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of Japanese Modern Bamboo Room Dividers Screens Decorative Panels Wall Art
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Bamboo Waterfall with Magpies
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Chinese four panel Japanese style byobu folding screen depicting a waterfall landscape. The scene is decorated with bamboo, colorful blue magpies, and crashing waves. Construct...
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20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Korean Minhwa Painting of Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie
Located in Greenwich, CT
Korean Minhwa Spotted Leopard Snarling Magpie and another Magpie flying in the pine tree
Minhwa, Korean folk paintings, portray the simple and unaffecte...
Category
Early 1900s Korean Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal: Tani Buncho (1763 - 1840). A famous and prol...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of large Japanese byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with dragon & tiger pairing
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of exquisite, large six-panel byôbu (room divider) featuring paintings in black ink of the iconic pairing of a tiger (tora) and a dragon (ryû).
The screen on the left shows a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
An Indian miniature painting depicting a prince surprising bathing maidens
Located in Amsterdam, NL
India, Punjab, circa 1755
Signed by the artist Swami 'Ram Rikh' of Seopur and dated Samvat 1812 (1755)
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper,
H. 23.8 x W. 16.2 cm (image)
H. 28.3 x ...
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18th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Haitian Birds Perched on Tree Stump
Located in New York, NY
Haitian Birds Perched on Tree Stump, (20th century), oil on canvas board, illegibly signed "Alva..." lower right.
Dimensions: Image 27"H x 19"W; frame 3...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Meiji Period Six Panel Screen Ducks in Water Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a serene water landscape with ducks and songbirds amid Momiji (red maple) hibiscus, and morning glory. Made in the Nihon...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
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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