B99 Old Japanese 6panels, gold byobu, ink bamboo painting, right, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Folding screen Material: Paper, wooden frame, etc 1 piece: Width 610 x Height 1740 x Depth 20 mm Expanded size: Width 3700 mm Folded size: Width 630 x Height 1740 x Depth 110 mm, wei...
Paper
B121 Old Japanese 6panels Byobu, Paper, folding Screen with Flower＆bird painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Flower and bird painting Material: Paper on wooden frame, colored, fabric One piece: W640×H1825mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W3880mm Folded size: W660×H1825×D110mm 16kg Packaging (sandwic...
Fabric, Paper
B120 Old Japanese 6panels Byobu, Paper, folding Screen with Flower＆bird painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Flower and bird painting Material: Paper on wooden frame, colored One piece: W640×H1825mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W3880mm Folded size: W660×H1825×D110mm 16kg Packaging (sandwiched wi...
Fabric, Paper
B100 Old Japanese 6panels, gold byobu, ink bamboo painting, left, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Folding screen Material: Paper, wooden frame, etc 1 piece: Width 610 x Height 1740 x Depth 20 mm Expanded size: Width 3700 mm Folded size: Width 630 x Height 1740 x Depth 110 mm, wei...
Paper
17th Century 'Late 1600s', Japanese Edo Period 12-Panel Folding Screen Painted
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 17th Century (Late 1600s) Japanese Edo screens made of 12-panels. This folding silk screen is painted on a gold leaf background. It has a silk border and lacquered-wood fra...
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
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 chrysanthem...
Gold Leaf
Paravent - A pair of four-fold screens with Japanese chestnut - Edo period
Located in Brussels, BE
A pair of four-fold Japanese screens painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with kuri (Japanese chestnut) flowers on a knoll. Japan, 17th/18th century, Edo period . Dimensions...
Gold Leaf
A pair of six-panel folding screens depicting two pine trees (matsu)
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of six-panel folding screens from the Kano school, painted in ink and pigments on paper. The naturalistic composition is dominated by two lush green pine trees extending from ...
Paper
B3 Japanese Antiques 6-panel, gold back, flower & bird duck, folding screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper, wooden frame One sheet: W580×H1750mm, unfolded size: W3520mm, 10kg Folded size: W600×H1750×D105mm Estimated packaging (sandwiched with 5mm plywood): 21cm x 70cm x 18...
Paper
Paravent - A small six-fold Japanese screen with autumn flowers - Edo period
Located in Brussels, BE
A six-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with autumn flowers and grasses. Japan, 17th century, Edo period. Not only the changing colours of autumn leaves ...
Gold Leaf
Paravents - A pair of six-fold screens depicting Chinese children, Kano school
Located in Brussels, BE
A pair of six-fold Japanese screens depicting numerous karako (Chinese children) at play in a luxurious palace garden, also known as the theme ‘One Hundred Boys’. Kano School, Japan...
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930 Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk s...
Wood, Paper, Silk
Paravent - A two-fold paper screen with court ladies, 17th century, Edo period
Located in Brussels, BE
A two-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground, with court ladies at various pursuits and a sudare (bamboo blind). Japan, 17th century, Edo period. Fou...
Gold Leaf
Paravent - A six-fold Japanese screen with grape vines - 17th/18th century, Edo
Located in Brussels, BE
A six-fold paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with grape vines hanging from a pergola and woven fence amongst golden clouds, the details in gin-sunago (cut silve...
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Paravent - A two-fold screen with the Uji Bridge - Rimpa school, 17th Century
Located in Brussels, BE
A two-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with the Uji River and lotus beneath its renowned bridge. Rimpa School, Japan 17th century, Edo period. ...
Gold Leaf
Paravent japonais- A pair of six-fold Japanese screens with clematis- Edo period
Located in Brussels, BE
A pair of six-fold Japanese screens depicting white and bluish-purple clematis on trellises behind woven fences and beside a stream, against an abundance of golden clouds. Ink, colo...
Gold Leaf
19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt 3-Fold Screen with Glass Top Panels
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV style (19th Century) gilt 3 fold screen with glass top panels and cane bottom-panels.
Glass, Giltwood
Paravents -A pair of six-fold screens depicting maritime routes in Seto sea, Edo
Located in Brussels, BE
A pair of Japanese six-fold screens depicting the maritime routes of the Seto Inland Sea and of the north of Kyushu Island, detailing the coastline and shipping routes from Osaka to ...
Gold Leaf
Paravents - A pair of six-fold screens with fans in flowing water, Rimpa School
Located in Brussels, BE
A pair of six-fold Japanese screens with scattered fans, a waterwheel and jakago (rock-filled baskets) in flowing water beside a riverbank with a subtle golden mist in the distance. ...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Paravent - An eight-fold screen with flowers of the four seasons and poem slips
Located in Brussels, BE
An eight-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink and colour on a gold leaf ground depicting various flowers of the four seasons with tanzaku (poem slips) by Kagawa Kageki (1768-184...
Gold Leaf
Paravent - Two-fold screen painted in ink on silver ground with poem by Rengetsu
Located in Brussels, BE
A two-fold Japanese paper screen painted in ink on a silver ground with a rock, bamboo and calligraphy, by Tanomura Chokunyū (1814-1907).
Silver Leaf
B02 Japanese Antiques 8 panels, set of 2, flowers and birds, gold folding screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 3700 x 540 x 15 mm Foldable: 460 x 540 x 120 mm Box size: 640×510×300㎜ 10㎏ estimate packing size: 20kg D45cm W75cm H65cm A beautiful Japanese painting of birds and f...
Paper
A six-panel folding screen from the Kano School, gilded with gold leaf, depicting a pair of red crows
Located in Milano, IT
An important antique six-panel folding screen from the Kano School, painted in ink and color on paper with gold leaf, depicting a pair of red-crowned cranes in a river landscape. On...
Paper
Framed Chinese Hand-Painted Six-Fold Wall-Hanging from the 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful framed Chinese six-fold wall-hanging of silk and paper from the 19th Century, featuring a finely hand-painted landscape scene of birds and flowers.
Silk, Paper, Wood, Paint
Six-Panel Teak Asian, 19th Century Folding Screen / Room Divider
Located in Stamford, CT
Asian 19th Century Folding Screen / Room Divider, Rosewood, Teak, Six Panel Six-panel rosewood / teak, Asian, Late 19th Century early 20th century.
Teak
B40 Japanese antique, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Cedar 1 piece: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 33 mm Expanded size: Width 1400 mm Folded size: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 70 mm, weight 10 kg Packaging (4-5 mm thick p...
Cedar, Wood
Chinese Lacquered Wood Folding Floor Screen with Gemstone Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A six-panel hinged hardwood folding floor screen from China circa end of the 19th- early 20th century. Presented in grand Chinoiserie style, each panel features three sections of bla...
Stone
Early 20th Century Chinese 7 Panels Folding Screen, Room Divider
Located in Pomona, CA
This early 20th-century gorgeous seven-panel wooden folding screen adds a touch of classic Chinese elegance to any space. The deep, rich patina shows the beauty that only comes with ...
Wood
1920s Chinese Hand-Carved Hardwood Folding Screen with Jade Inlay
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 6 panels of Chinese antique hand carved wooden screen which can be used as the room section panels in ancient China that are put together to make into a screen. Scre...
Hardwood
B43 Japanese antique, pine, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Pine & cedar etc 1 piece: Width 900 x Height 1740 x Depth 30 mm Expanded size: Width 1800 mm Folded size: Width 900 x Height 1740 x Depth 60 mm, weight 14 kg Packaging (4-5...
Cedar, Pine
Early 20th Century Chinese Folding Screen/Room Divider with Cloisonne panels
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 6 panels of Chinese vintage lacquered wooden screen which to be used as the room section panels in ancient China that are put together to make into a screen. Screens...
Hardwood
B47 Japanese antique, cedar Byobu folding screen, room dividers
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Cedar, wood 1 piece: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 33 mm Expanded size: Width 1400 mm Folded size: Width 680 x Height 1690 x Depth 70 mm, weight 10 kg Packaging (4-5 mm t...
Wood, Cedar
Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Eight Fold Screen, Early 20th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality early 20th century Chinese Coromandel lacquer eight fold screen. Depicting a classical Pagoda buildings with numerous courtiers wondering around. Bordered with fa...
Lacquer
Japanese Antiques Clothes rack folding screen set of 2 by Ishimaru Senshu
Located in Niiza, JP
Painted on wood (presumably cedar) Unfolded Size: 1480 (W) x 1410 (H) x 30 (D) [mm] 3kg/per Can be folded in half. Comes with a cloth to wrap it in. Folded Size: 740 (W) x 1410 (H) ...
Wood
Chinese Red Lacquered 4-Fold Screen, Carved Floral Frame, Circa 1850
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese style (19th/20th century ) red and gold lacquered 4 fold screen featuring a carved floral frame and a Chinoiserie design. Antique Condition prior repairs
Lacquer
$23,040Sale Price|20% Off
Large Chinese 4-Fold Hardwood Screen inset with Blue & White Porcelain Plaques
Located in New York, NY
A large Chinese four-fold hardwood screen inset with blue and white porcelain plaques. The hand carved wood frame is a very dense and naturally rich and dark hardwood from China with...
Porcelain, Hardwood
Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen with Palace Attendants
Located in Miami, FL
Additional details: Video of the reverse side available upon request. Chinese Coromandel Screen, 19th Century Chinese Screen, Qing Dynasty Lacquer Panel, Chinese Palace Scene, Perre...
Wood, Paint
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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