K10 Japanese Antiques Hanging scroll, Cherry blossom painting, silk
Located in Niiza, JP
Expected package size: 13 x 13 x 68 mm 3kg A cherry blossom painting, a symbol of Japan A beautiful work that is typical of a female artist.
Silk
$3,500Sale Price|40% Off
Framed Fine Japanese Brush Painting Cherry Blossom Festival, Conservation Framed
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Japanese brush painting of cherry blossom festival, ink and color on silk, 19th century, museum conservation framed.
Silk
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Falling Cherry Blossoms
Located in Hudson, NY
A wild landscape of rolling hills, cherry trees, willow and pines with cherry blossoms dropping their petals. Beautifully executed use of gold leaf with good veining and gold dust cr...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms Viewing Party
Located in Hudson, NY
A private viewing in picnic surrounding of nobles (probably samurai), including one woman. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms in Willow Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Dramatic and beautifully executed cherry blossoms trickle down the two panels with natural willows calmly coexisting with luminous gold dust fading to the ground. Mineral pigments an...
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Yozakura (Cherry Blossom Viewing at Night)
Located in Hudson, NY
Unusual subject matter of cherry blossoms in the moonlight on dyed silk and applied gold in a grey lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Adachi Masakazu. ...
Gold
Japanese Two-Panel Kanō Screen -Tale of Genji & Cherry Blossoms
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Kanō school, depicting a scene from the Tale of Genji , with various noble ladies and gentlemen in a landscape of cherry Blossoms - ink, colors and gold ...
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly ap...
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Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print – Woman under Cherry Blossoms – signed Kunisada
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
A superb Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print depicting an elegant young woman wearing a blue kimono, walking beneath cherry blossoms in spring. This poetic and refined scene perfectly i...
Paper
$10,640Sale Price|30% Off
Cherry Blossom Screen by Ito Kakou, Hand-Painted Wood & Lacquer, Japan
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Beauty of cherry blossoms in full bloom, a central motif cherished in Japanese culture for its fleeting beauty and representation of the transient nature of life. The screen is a mas...
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous large/tall four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/landscape with playful yellow and orange birds frolicking in nature among the branches of a bl...
Silk
Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mori Tetsuzan (1775-1841) Pheasants and Cherry Blossoms Two-fold Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun, gold and silver on paper.
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese Cherry Blossom 'Sakura' And Two Birds Framed Watercolour C.1950
Located in London, GB
Large Framed Japanese Cherry Blossom 'Sakura' And Two Birds Watercolour Dimensions: Frame: 86cm x 87cm Painting: 64cm x 65cm In good condition commensurate with age.
Paint, Paper
Lovely Japanese 20th c Scroll Cherry Blossoms in the Moon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This work carefully and delicately depicts a river landscape ■Silk book, handwritten ■Condition Lovely Condition ■Dimensions Axis size: 1845mm (height) x 530mm (width) Paper size...
Silk
Japanese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Tree Playful Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape cherry blossom tree branch scene with a two of playful flying birds. It is quite a wonderful compos...
Silver Leaf
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and brilliantly colorful fully blooming Spring cherry blossom tree with a wonderful composit...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Tree With Flowers
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite riveting four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape with a cherry blossom tree and array of blooming flowers It is quite a wonderful co...
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Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Playful Birds Cherry Blossom
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese/Chinese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape cherry blossom tree branch scene with a flock of playful birds and blooming Spring flowers. I...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Cherry Blossoms Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Mataichiro Isoda Nihonga St
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
is a very beautiful work in which the cherry blossoms in full bloom are drawn by the master, Mataichiro Isoda .
Silk
Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a venerable cherry blossom tree and a running river with blooming flowers. ...
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1895 Meiji Japanese Screen Pair. Cherry Blossoms & Autumn Maples on Silver Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms and Autumn Maples Isobe Hyakurin (1836–1906) Dated Meiji 28, April: 1895 Pair of two-panel Japanese screens; ink and pigments on silver leaf This refined pair of scr...
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Cherry Blossoms Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Mataichiro Isoda Nihonga st
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Name Kakejiku Calligraphy Kikuzu Paper Book Coloring Inscription (Shizushiro) Size Axis: 195 cm in length, 42.5 cm in width, 131.5 cm in length, 31.5 cm in width * Status I don't k...
Silk
H9-1 Justice - Damien Hirst Cherry Blossoms
Located in Manchester, GB
Damien Hirst, Justice, Laminated Giclée Print on Aluminium Composite Panel 120.1 × 96 cm (47 3/10 × 37 4/5 in) Limited edition of 1005 Hand-signed and numbered by the artist The Vi...
Acrylic, Archival Pigment
Unavailable
H 68.25 in W 45 in D 1.5 in
Hand Painted Japanese Silk Panel / Screen with Cherry Blossoms
Located in Northbrook, IL
Large-Scale 19th Century Japanese Painting/ Screen/ Panel Hand Painted on Silk in Ink and Mineral Colors.
Ink
Edo Period Byobu Japanese Screen Cherry Blossoms and Birds
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Exquisitely detailed birds sit on the branches of a wind swept old gnarled cherry tree covered in delicate white blossoms. Gilt clouds reflect light beautifully. The rocky shore on...
Hardwood, Handmade Paper
Cherry Blossom Viewing in Kyoto
Located in New York, NY
Six-panel folding screen with painting in ink, mineral colors, gofun, and gold on paper of locals enjoying sake and sushi while viewing cherry blossoms and performances, the scene ta...
Cherry Blossoms and Flowering Grasses
Located in New York, NY
Six-panel folding screen with décor in ink, mineral colors and gofun on gold leaf of a cherry tree in full bloom and of flowering grasses.
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2007, Cherry Blossom, Oil on Canvas
By Tetsuro Inaba
Located in London, GB
"Cherry Blossom" oil on canvas (no. 22), August 2007. Giant Cherry blossom tree flowers beautifully in spring near my home (Kumamoto) in the mountain. Signed and dated on the ...
Canvas
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H 15.5 in W 18 in D 1 in
2 Japanese Pagoda Water Landscape Paintings on Silk Cherry Blossom Gold Frame
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of 20th century Japanese watercolor paintings. Feature two landscapes with pagodas and cherry blossoms along the water.
Paint
Japanese Four-Panel Cherry Blossom Silk Screen Byobu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dazzling Japanese four panel Byobu silk screen painting of cherry blossoms.
Brass
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Cherry Blossoms on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delightful Japanese four-panel Byobu screen of spring cherry blossoms on silk. Features a raw style of textured silk background with a gilt finish. The painted cherry blossoms stand ...
Brass
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Cherry Blossoms on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
In this furosaki-byobu (screen used for tea ceremony), the blooming of soft cherry blossoms upon a glowing gold backdrop depicts the natural and gentle scene. Mineral pigments on app...
Gold
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Cherry Blossom on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Japanese painted gold leaf screen depicting a cherry blossom tree landscape with ducks swimming by. Intricate detail and subtle shadows convey an idyllic scene. Bordered with a light...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Weeping Cherry Blossoms at Night
Located in Hudson, NY
Cherry tree in full bloom, with abstracted fallen petals in the foreground. Signature and seal read: Yoshihiro. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with traces of gold and silver dust.
Japanese Screen Gold on Gold, Cherry Blossoms with Sun
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf with raised blossoms.
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Yozakura (Cherry Blossom Viewing at Night)
Located in Hudson, NY
Venerable old cherry tree in bloom under crescent moon, illuminated by a campfire, with poles to support the weight of its branches. Yozakura is the ancient Japanese tradition of vie...
Silk, Wood, Paper
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H 39 in W 106.5 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Pavillion
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom viewing pavilion/picnic scene. The colorful cloths are privacy curtains arranged for an exclusive ...
Paint, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen Cherry Blossoms and Peonies on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Pigment on gold in a black lacquer frame. Gold leaf back paper. Originally fusuma (doors).
Gold Leaf
Hiyashi NoBuo Oil on Canvas, Cherry Blossom Deck
By Hiyashi NoBuo
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gorgeous medium sized oil on canvas, by Japanese Master Impressionist, Hiyashi NoBuo in beautiful original white wood frame. Beautiful landscape scene of a Japanese m...
Canvas
Japanese Cherry Blossoms River View Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2807a Acrylic on board in a custom wood frame Image size 7.5x9.5"
Acrylic
Japanese Four Panel Screen Spring Cherry Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese four panel Showa period screen depicting flowering cherry tree blossoms. Made in the Nihonga School style with ink and color pigments on paper with dramatic gold le...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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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
Japanese Four-Panel Screen Spring Cherry Blossom Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese four-panel screen depicting a blossoming cherry or sakura tree in spring. Painted with ink and color on a gold silk ground with beautiful little birds. Made in the ...
Brass
Japanese Four Panel Screen Ancient Sakura Cherry Blossom
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive Japanese four panel byobu screen depicting an ancient Sakura tree or cherry blossom prunus tree in spring. Painted on squares of gold leaf and set in a black lacquered fra...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 60.5 in W 38 in D 2 in
Shoko Ohta Large Japanese Original Cherry Blossoms Tree Serene Nihonga Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
This is truly a breathtaking work by famed Japanese artist Shoko Ohta, who was born in Kobe, Japan and is a third generation Fine Art painter. Ohta is known for creating beautiful, t...
Gold Leaf
19th Century Japanese Two-Panel Screen Blossoming Cherry Trees
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Edo period serene Japanese two panel landscape screen depicting blossoming Cherry or Sakura trees at Yoshino. 19th century painting by Kanno Shinsai signed with seal and cyclical dat...
Wood, Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen Sakura Cherry Blossom Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Japanese four-panel Byobu screen featuring a large Sakura or cherry blossom tree on squares of gold leaf paper. The beautifully painted branches Stand out against the gilt b...
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Cherry Blossoms Yoshino Mountain
Located in Rio Vista, CA
The gentle landscape is lush with vibrant green hues and white blossoming sakura cherry trees. The painting is set in a black lacquer ebonized frame with a textured silk border.
Brass, Silver Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Songbirds in Cherry Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen featuring a pair of songbirds amid spring flowering cherry blossoms (Sakura). Ink and natural color pigments on a dramatic gi...
Brass
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H 46.25 in W 19.5 in D 0.01 in
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Cherry Blossom & Birds
Located in Kyoto, JP
The theme has a long history in Japanese painting. It is one of three painting genres, the other two being landscape and figure, which derive from Chinese academic painting classific...
Silk
Japanese Byobu Style Four Panel Mounted Screen Cherry Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing four panel screen mounted in an opulent gilt, reeded frame depicting a spring floral landscape with cherry blossoms. Made in the Japanese Meiji period style in the manner of ...
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H 35 in W 60 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Peacock & Cherry Blossoms Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous, majestic peacock sitting amongst the cherry blossom tree flowers with a tail of beautifully arr...
Gold Leaf
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H 36 in W 71 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom tree in full bloom.. The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail of the tree...
Wood, Paint, Paper
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H 37 in W 81 in D 1 in
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a cherry blossom tree in full bloom.. The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail of the tree ...
Gold Leaf
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H 36 in W 70.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a beautiful cherry blossom tree in full bloom.. The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, an...
Gold Leaf
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H 37.25 in W 80 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed 8-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous eight-panel (the screen folds in half instead of fourths due to hanging brackets on the back) Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a be...
Gold Leaf
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H 49.25 in W 97.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Six-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted six-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a blossoming cherry tree/ nature scene with a solitary pensive, serene bird in the branches. The deep, rich ...
Gold Leaf
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H 36 in W 71 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous hand-painted four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a blossoming cherry tree/ serene nature scene with playful birds amongst the blooming branches. The deep, r...
Gold Leaf
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H 36 in W 72.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom & Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring luminous cherry blossoms amongst the branches of a venerable pine tree. A very serene, tranquil, and peace...
Silk, Paint
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H 36 in W 66 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Period Cherry Blossom Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful four-panel Showa period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting playful birds amongst a majestic blooming cherry tree branch. The shimmering gold leaf, rich colors ...
Gold Leaf
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H 37.5 in W 80 in D 1 in
A Japanese Six-Panel Painted Screen with Blooming Cherry Blossoms on Gold Leaf
Located in Astoria, NY
An antique Japanese six panel painted folding screen, produced between the late 19th and early 20th century, decorated with brightly colored blooming cherry blossoms, against a gold ...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Screen with Cherry Blossoms
Located in New York, NY
Large scale two panel 19th century Japanese screen with gold leaf background, and design of a flowering cherry tree, with a bird on a branch, bamboo, and a stream. With traditiona...
E-ma - Japanese Votive Painting of Cherry Blossoms
Located in New York, NY
Votive painting asking for fertility.
Ink
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H 35.8 in W 94.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Paper Screen, Cherry Tree in Blossom on a Gold Ground, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
Elegant Japanese six fold paper screen with polychrome cherry blossom. Detail of blossom buds and leaves on a beige background with gold flecks throughout. Finished with a simple bro...
Lacquer, Paper
Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Located in Westwood, NJ
A set of two Japanese paintings, each with a hand gilt background depicting a Japanese Magnolia painted sans traverse across the two panels. The originals Japanese, circa 1900. Dime...
Wood, Giltwood
Asian Folding Hand Woven Screen of Cranes
Located in Denton, TX
Asian Folding Hand Woven 2 Panel Screen of Cranes.
Thread
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Egrets in Grass
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting three egrets in the grass at a pond. The large screen features a dramatic gold leaf square background with nat...
Wood, Paper
$3,595
H 69.5 in W 60 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Two Panel Meiji Edo Folding Byobu Landscape House Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a lone house, perhaps a tea house, hidden in the trees and foliage with dist...
Gold Leaf
$6,060
H 37.01 in W 107.88 in D 0.99 in
Evolving Elegance: An Oxidized Silver Screen from the Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This anodized 6-panel screen captures the serene and minimalistic beauty of a bamboo grove, embodying the aesthetic principles of the Edo period. The screen features subtle and delic...
Silver Leaf
$5,547
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
B13 Japanese Antiques 2panels, silk, folding Screen with Tiger
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Silk on wooden frame One piece: W685×H1525mm×D20mm, Unfolded size: W1370mm Folded size: W685×H1525×D40mm, 5kg Packaging estimate (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 12cm x 76...
Silk
$7,600Sale Price|58% Off
H 69 in W 113 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Four Panel Garden Screen with Koi, Iris, & Turtles
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unusual Japanese Four Panel Garden Screen, Mint Condition Japan, a superb four-panel silk screen byobu depicting a panoramic garden replete with koi, turtles, Iris nestled near a w...
Silk
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Chinese Children at Play
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing 19th century Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screen depicting Chinese children at play. The screen alludes to the 100 children theme. The paintings are set in a l...
Gold Leaf
Kiku to Hagi Byobu, Rinpa School Style, Edo Period.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Chrysanthemum and Bush Clover painting on gold leaf six-panel folding screen, painted with clusters of leafy green chrysanthemum plants with white blossoms having moriage relief p...
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17th Century Japanese Folding Screen
Located in Camarate, PT
A six-panel folding screen with a narrative painting showing from a bird’s-eye view a spring landscape with cherry blossoms and cryptomeria trees by a river with a bridge. Groups of ...
Gold Leaf
$1,800
H 59.85 in W 59.45 in D 0.79 in
B31 Japanese Antiques 2panels, paper, folding Screen with flower
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: paper on wooden frame One piece: W755×H1520mm×D15mm, Unfolded size: W1510mm Folded size: W755×H1520×D30mm, 5kg Packaging (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 12cm x 83cm x 16...
Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous Flowers of the Four Seasons A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf. This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...
Gold Leaf
$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
$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
$4,500
H 46 in W 19.5 in D 0.01 in
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Peacock & Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the Seasons Pheasants & Plum in Snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Kano Chikanobu 1819-1888 Signature: Chikanobu Seal: Shateki ...
Silk
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.
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