Chinese Export Lacquered Gilt Coromandel Screen Cranes and Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rich and dramatic Chinese Export folding four-panel double-sided coromandel screen executed in radiant gilt and lacquer. The front depicts a beautiful composition of a flowering tr...
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Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks in Winter
Located in Hudson, NY
Fine painting of a variety of waterfowl in rich mineral pigments on gold leaf with a silk brocade border.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks Among Dry Lotus
Located in Hudson, NY
Natural scene of Mandarin ducks gliding gracefully amongst the water. Mineral pigments on silk with silk brocade border and natural wood trim. Seal reads: Kei.
Silk, Wood
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Ducks and Geese in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene late 19th century Japanese Meiji Period four-panel screen capturing ducks and geese mid-flight across a tranquil, dreamlike landscape with clouds. The large size screen measur...
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Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks and Geese Among Bamboo and Flowers, Edo period painting (c. 1850) of mandarin ducks and geese on a grassy shoreline with bamboo and white c...
Gold
Japanese Taishō/Shōwa Painting Flock of Ducks in Winter Pond
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A large and magnificent Japanese Nihonga school framed painting presenting a classical kacho-ga composition depicting a flock of Mandarin ducks amid sheltering reeds in a winter pond...
Silk, Paint, Paper, Plexiglass, Wood
Japanese Four-Panel Screen of Ducks and Flowers
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Hand-painted Japanese four-panel byobu screen of ducks at a water's edge and flower blooms. The screen is painted on a gilt square background and signed on the right side bottom. Set...
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Japanese Style Four Panel Folding Screen with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Midcentury Japanese style four panel folding Byobu screen featuring a landscape scene with four ducks. Painted on a silk ground with a silk brocade border and set in an ebonized fram...
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Japanese Six Panel Screen: Ducks at Water’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of a peaceful water landscape in Spring with plum, peony, camellia, and bamboo. Ducks swim in a pond while a pair of blue birds look on. Painted i...
Gold
Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Autumn Ducks and Songbirds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene, large Japanese Showa period six-panel byobu screen depicting a waters edge with ducks and song birds in a late summer autumn landscape. Beautifully painted flowering bush clo...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen, Water Landscape with Iris and Ducks
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four Panel Screen, Water Landscape with Iris and Ducks on Silk. Taisho Period. Signed: Komatsu Kaei (1898-1945)
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...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen of Ducks and Prunus on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese four panel byobu folding screen depicting a pair of ducks near a prunus blossom flowering tree. Bordered by silk and set into an ebonized wood frame. Beautifully pa...
Gold Leaf
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H 19.5 in W 52.5 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Antique Gold Mandarin Ducks, Cherry Tree, Mountains Hand-Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine early small-scale Japanese antique hand-painted six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 19.5 inches high and 52.5 inches length. One of a rare pair cu...
Textile, Wood, Paper
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H 3.25 in W 5 in D 3.5 in
Japan Fine Antique Pair of Gold Gilt Bronze Mandarin Ducks Screen holders, 19thc
Located in South Burlington, VT
In the world of Asian medicine, mandarin ducks are symbolic of relationship healing purposes and recognized as symbols of long-lasting relationships.
Bronze
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H 67.25 in W 145 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks in Snowy Pond in Early Spring
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School painting of a craggy plum tree with branches over a pond with stylized ripples in the water. Some early spring flowers by pond's edge. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with ...
Gold Leaf
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H 35.75 in W 104 in D 1 in
Japanese Six Panel Screen, Snowy Landscape with Wood Ducks and Willow on Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silver leaf.
Paper
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H 10.75 in W 15.25 in D 0.001 in
Japanese Vibrant ‘Wood Ducks and Flowers’ Woodblocks Set Two Kono Bairei, 1899
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels, #9 A unique and scarce set of two (2) "Wood Ducks" large format "Birds and Flowers" woodblock prints executed on washi paper as orig...
Paper
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H 36 in W 72 in D 1 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Ducks on Pond 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting two ducks on a tranquil pond with colorful floral landscape touches. The rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand pain...
Gold Leaf
Japanese screen: Mandarin Ducks Beneath the Blossoms
Located in Fukuoka, JP
At the heart of this golden composition are mandarin ducks, long celebrated in East Asian art as enduring symbols of love, fidelity, and harmony.
Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Showa Screen of Wild Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fine Japanese four-panel Showa period screen depicting five wild ducks among reeds at a serene water landscape. Beautifully detained ink and color painting on gilt paper. Made in the...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Winter Pine with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique Japanese four-panel screen depicting a cool winter landscape with pine, prunus, and bamboo. Two colorful ducks on a pond in the background of this idyllic setting. Ink and col...
Silk, Glass, Paper, Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks in Snowy Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mandarin Ducks in Snowy Landscape Mineral pigments on silk Signature reads Toho Hirose One of a pair with S1525B, sold separately
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Mandarin Ducks in Snow
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting two colorful mandarin ducks in a snow-covered landscape with reeds. Beautifully crafted ink and color pigments on gold ...
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Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Flowering Prunus with Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delightful Japanese style four panel folding byobu screen depicting a pair of mandarin ducks and a small songbird amid flowering prunus and camellia. Crafted in the Showa period with...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Ducks in Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period two panel byobu screen featuring two ducks and kingfisher in a late fall/early winter landscape. Crafted with ink and natural pigment colors on hand-craf...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Ducks in Autumn Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Japanese 19th century Meiji period six panel screen depicting ducks in a very colorful autumn landscape. Ink and color pigments on squares of silver leaf set in an ebonize...
Silver Leaf, Brass
Japanese Antique Mandarin Wood Ducks Hand Painted 2 Panel Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
About Mandarin Wood Ducks The asian mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic.
Silk
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H 22.5 in W 50 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Fine Antique Blue and Gold "Ducks & Sakura" Small Hand Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine early small scale Japanese antique hand-painted six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size. Lovely vivid colors feature classic colorful spring and summ...
Paper
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H 30 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
Antique Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen: Mandarin Ducks by Snowy Pond in Early
Located in Denver, CO
Antique Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen: Mandarin Ducks by Snowy Pond in Early Spring.
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Style Painting of Herons and Ducks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning pair of paintings made in the Japanese Meiji period style. Featuring white herons and a pair of ducks. Painted on metallic silk with ink and colored pigments with a silk bor...
Silk, Glass, Wood
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H 39 in W 16.5 in D 0.1 in
19th Century Japanese Bird and Flower Painting, Ducks and Cherry Blossoms
By Takakura Zaiko
Located in Kyoto, JP
Takakura Zaiko (fl.1854-1860) Birds and flowers of the seasons Ducks and cherry blossoms Ink and color on silk Unframed Seal: Taka Zaiko no in Dimensions: H 39” x W 16.5” (10...
Silk
Pair of Oribe Mandarin Ducks Screen Holders, Japanese, Meiji period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Oribe Mandarin Ducks screen holders, Japanese, Meiji period. Mandarin ducks shape, glazed ceramic with cutouts to allow ends of standing screens to securedly rest inside ...
Ceramic
Japanese Mid 20th Century Steel with Inlaid Brass Screen Holder Ducks
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese Mid 20th century pair of screen holders in shape of ducks. The pair is made of steel and has brass inlay. In great antique condition with age-appropriate wear and use.
Brass, Steel
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H 48 in W 44.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Antique Blue Stream With Iris Flowers And Ducks Two Panel Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an antique two panel byobu screen, in a convenient displayable wall size featuring a pair of swimming ducks with multiple blue iris flowers set against a meandering blue swirl...
Wood, Paper
Japanese Screen with Ducks in a Stream
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful low scale six fold late 18th century Japanese screen. Hand-painted design on paper ground, with gold leaf clouds, ducks, bamboo, flowers and hillocks. Framed with a...
Paper
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H 48 in W 60 in D 0.88 in
Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The lotus pond and mandarin ducks painting of this four-panel screen is hand painted in watercolor, on rice paper over carefully jointed wooden lattice frames. Lacquer rails are then...
Wood, Paper
Edo Japanese Two Panel Screen, Landscape with Ducks
Located in Brescia, IT
The Japanese two panel screen, a true antique piece that I can present to you, dates back to the 18th century, from the "school of Kano". It is a detail of a landscape with three ma...
Paper
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H 48 in W 60 in D 0.88 in
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The lotus pond and mandarin ducks painting of this four-panel screen is hand painted in watercolor, on rice paper over carefully jointed wooden lattice frames. Lacquer rails are then...
Wood, Paper
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H 48 in W 60 in D 0.88 in
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The lotus pond and mandarin ducks painting of this four-panel screen is hand painted in watercolor, on rice paper over carefully jointed wooden lattice frames. Lacquer rails are then...
Wood, Paper
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H 54 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
Chinoiserie Hand-Painted Wallpaper Panels of Lotus Pond and Mandarin Ducks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The fine pair of wallpaper panels hand-painted in watercolor on rice paper, reproducing the 19th-century Chinese export Chinoiserie paintings of lotus pond and mandarin ducks on expo...
Paper
$2,904
H 66.93 in W 74.02 in D 1.19 in
Antique Two-Panel Screen with Gold and Grass Design, Good Condition
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This graceful two-panel screen captures the essence of summer with its subtle depiction of slender grasses and fine lines, artfully arranged against a golden background. The screen e...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Persimmon Branch in Snow
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese 20th century Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a fruiting persimmon branch over a dramatic gilt silk ground. The painting is executed in the Ni...
Brass
$5,615
H 67.72 in Dm 38.19 in
Antique Japanese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent 20th century Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Meiji period 19th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Also usuable as wall mounted screen. Stunning piece!
Bronze
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Spring Flowers on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming mid-20th century Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen featuring blossoming spring flowers over a bold gilt background. The painting depicts iris, camella, w...
Brass
$6,450
H 60 in W 123 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji 6 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crown Cranes Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large antique six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with red crowned cranes, other playful birds and boldly colored blossoming S...
Gold Leaf
A two-panel folding screen with a pair of deer
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese two-panel folding screen painted on paper with applications of gold powder, depicting a pair of deer among wind-swept reeds. The work is signed Shūkei (Sōkei), a painter a...
Paper
Japanese Harimaze Six Panel Screen Applied Edo Tanzaku Poems
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese six-panel folding Harimaze Byobu screen featuring Edo period antique calligraphy fragments and poem cards (Tanzaku). The poems are applied to a later screen deco...
Brass, Gold Leaf
$23,404
H 53.75 in W 54.34 in D 0.79 in
Antique 19th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen ‘Byobu’, Kano School, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kano School Edo period two-panel screen depicting flowering prunus and bamboo on a rock formation, with colorful birds next to a body of water. Vivid mineral pigments on a g...
Gold Leaf
On Hold|$22,000
H 73 in W 73 in D 0.75 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed groun...
Gold Leaf
$6,500
H 56.5 in W 21.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Mid 19th Century, Koi and Water Plants
By Iwase Hirotaka
Located in Kyoto, JP
Iwase Hirotaka (1808-1877) Koi and Water Plants Hanging scroll, ink, color, gold wash and gold flecks on silk Inscription: Hirotaka Seal: Illegible Dimensions: Scro...
Silk
$8,800
H 32.25 in W 72 in D 1 in
Pair Antique Japanese Edo Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Handpainted Screens 1860
By Soga Nichokuan 1
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine pair of antique Edo period four paneled screens (Takagari), hand-painted with tethered birds of prey, in the manner of Soga Nichokuan, circa 1860. Wonderful pair of...
Paper, Wood
B77 Old Japanese 6panels folding Screen, Hawk Falconer
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper on wooden frame One piece: W580×H1740mm×D15mm, Unfolded size: W3520mm Folded size: W600×H1740×D100mm, 12kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 17...
Paper
$12,116Sale Price|35% Off
H 67.33 in W 88.98 in D 0.79 in
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan. Silk embroidered satin lacquer framed panels. Late 19th century - early 20th century ...
Silk, Lacquer
$3,500
H 69.69 in W 143.31 in D 0.79 in
B116 Japanese Antiques Kano School, 6panel folding screen, crane&plants, Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, Wooden Frame Single: W600×H1770mm Unfolded Size: W3640mm Folded Size: W620×H1770×D90mm 12kg Estimated packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 16cm x 69cm x 185...
Paper
$7,064
H 55.12 in W 138.19 in D 0.79 in
An eight-panel silver-leaf folding screen depicting a spring scene
Located in Milano, IT
A distinctive eight-panel folding screen with a silver-leaf ground and golden clouds, depicting a spring scene with a rooster, hen, and chicks beneath a blossoming cherry tree. The c...
Paper
Japanese Style Two-Panel Screen Winter Goose in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Showa period two panel folding byobu screen depicting a large white goose in flight in an evening snow covered winter landscape. Made in the American school style watercolor...
Brass
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.
Decorated with white cranes and the sought-after thousand-butterflies motif, the Meiji-period vessel offers both a celebration of traditional aesthetics and a clear reflection of the era’s appetite for exquisite export pieces.
For 25 years, gallerist Betsy Nathan has leveraged her keen eye and key connections to bring a unique selection of rare finds to the market.
Now working alongside his daughter Bianca, dealer Joel Chen has presented a most covetable array of antiques, art and contemporary creations for more than 40 years.
From cherry-blossom-adorned walls paired with glamorous lighting to wood-paneled ceilings above checkerboard-patterned chairs, these 12 spaces seamlessly blend Eastern and Western aesthetics.
The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.
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