Four Panel Screen with Antique Chinese Handpainted Floral Wallpaper
Located in New York, NY
Tall four panel screen with stunning antique Chinese handpainted wallpaper applied to the front. Handpainted wallpapers such as these were created for export, beginning in the 18th...
Wood, Paper
$7,600Sale Price|58% Off
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
Chinese Export Four-Panel Red Lacquer Screen, c.1900
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chinese export four-panel red lacquer screen, circa 1900. 65 inches wide (as pictured) 71 ½ inches tall by 1 inch deep
Wood
$1,495Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Imari Porcelain Chargers w/Four Hand Painted Panels and Scalloped Edges
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely pair of Japanese Imari Meiji period six panel scalloped chargers are entirely hand painted with much detail and feature three panels depicting birds and butterflies among...
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Taisho Period Byobu Four Panel Folding Screen
Located in New York, NY
Antique Byobu Four Panel Screen. Japan, late 19th to early 20th century. Taisho period.
Paper
France 18th Century Four Panel Screen With Arched Tops.
Located in Dallas, TX
A Four Panel Screen With Arched Tops, Portion Painted In Gray-Blue, Depicting A Hunt Scene In Foreground With Men And Dogs Hunting A Boar; And Bottom Portion Of Panels Feature Larg F...
Paint, Paper
Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Flowering Peony Prunus Magnolia
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 19th century Japanese Edo/Tokugawa period four panel folding byobu table screen featuring peony, prunus, and magnolia. Painted with ink and natural color pigments on silk with ...
Brass
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Flower Vases on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese four-panel Showa period byobu screen depicting colorful floral arrangements in various vases and baskets. The hand-painted screen features vibrant natural color pig...
Brass
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
19th Century Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Festival Scenes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful late 19th century late Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring 12 scenes of a festival preparation. The intricately painted scenes have vibrant natural color pigments...
Brass
1970s Mother-of-Pearl Inlayed Four-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1970s Mother-of-Pearl Inlayed Folding Screen Outside is lacquered and painted Outer edge is carved and lacquered Pattern on both sides Can be folded flat Width given when open comp...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Korean Four Panel Screen of Hunting Scene Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean four-panel folding screen circa 1830s, from the late Joseon Dynasty. The painting depicts a vivid hunting scene on four vertical scroll panels mounted with brocade borders. ...
Brocade, Wood, Paper
Japanese Style Showa Four-Panel Screen Cranes in Pine Trees
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A beautifully composed Japanese style four-panel Asian byōbu screen depicting a flock of red-crowned (Manchurian) cranes gathered among softly rendered pine trees. Graceful and delib...
Brass
Meiji Period Japanese Four Panel Screen Bijin At Leisure
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese four panel screen: Bijin At Leisure. Ladies in a tea house with a small dog. Seal reads "Ensan dai" (drawn by Ensan). Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) painting in mineral pigments...
Silk, Wood
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Pair of Karashishi Foo Dogs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a pair of Karashishi foo dogs or lions frolicking in a spring landscape amid flowering prunus after Matsum...
Brass
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...
Brass
$2,989Sale Price|60% Off
Chinoiserie and Black Lacquer Four-Panel Folding Screen Room Divider, 1930s
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful Chinoiserie and Black Lacquer Four-Panel Folding Screen Room Divider was made in the 1930s. It has two sides. One brown / orange chinoiserie side with a wonderful lan...
Wood
Set of Four Carved Blossoms and Birds Chinese Hardwood Veneer Panels
Located in Lomita, CA
A striking set of four vintage Asian relief wall panels depicting birds among flowering branches, carved in high relief and hand-painted in rich polychrome. Each vertical panel prese...
Wood
Vintage Four-Panel Folding Screen With an Abstract Design, 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing four-panel room divider with a silver background and black, dripping paint-like designs. The design appears on each panel, creating a cohesive artistic element and has an art...
Steel
Fine Chinese Four-Panel Carved And Painted Room Divider Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A substantial and impressive Chinese four panel low relief carved and painted room divider screen in pastel tones on black ground. Colorful painted relief decoration on the front fe...
Wood
Japanese Shōwa Four-Panel Screen with Flying Cranes, Signed, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Four-Panel Screen of Flying Cranes, Signed, Shōwa Period (1926–1989), circa 1950 A striking Japanese four-panel folding screen (byōbu) depicting an elegant gathering of red...
Wood
Midcentury Modern Chinese Four Panel Screen, Roomdivider with Landscape & Birds
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive Chinese set of four panels decorated at both sides. Two adjustable panels lacquered walnut screen featuring hand-carved exotic lacquered birds and trees in a floral landsc...
Wood, Lacquer
Set of Four Antique Chinese Bamboo Forest Panels, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Masterfully carved with graceful movement and fine detail, these antique Chinese panels from the late 19th century are a truly special find. Recalling the lattice windows of traditio...
Hardwood
Japanese Four-Panel Screen, Young Bamboo and Morning Glory
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold, signature reads: Okyo.
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dazzling Chinese export lacquered four-panel coromandel screen featuring a flora and fauna waterscape with stylized cranes. The carved lacquer panels are embellished with vivid color...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Dream of the Red Chamber
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Faded Chinese export narrative tale coromandel screen with four lacquered panels. The scene is from the 18th century novel by Cao Xuegin. The screen depicts beauties in the grand vie...
Brass
Japanese Four Panel Taisho Period Screen Bamboo & Blossom, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Japanese four panel Taisho Period (1912-1926) screen. Depicting bamboo, blossom and birds in flight. Signed. Mineral pigment on mulberry paper with silk brocade border, within a lac...
Silk, Paper
$6,013Sale Price|25% Off
Antique 19th Century Japanese Four Panel Screen Byobu, Maruyama-Shijo School
Located in London, GB
Antique 19th Century Japanese Four Panel folding Byobu Late Edo Period C.1800 Maruyama-Shijo School A high quality commissioned example, painted in ink and mineral pigments on paper...
Silk, Paper
Set of Four Hand Carved Chinese Panels Mounted As A Screen
Located in Milford, NH
A fine set of four hand carved Chinese hardwood open panels with clear glass panes, various figural folkloric carved scene panels, accented with animals and foliate and scroll decora...
Glass, Hardwood
Vintage Japanese Gold Leaf Iris Four-Panel Folding Screen After Ogata Kōrin
Located in Sheridan, CO
Beautiful Japanese four-panel folding screen in the style of celebrated Rinpa master Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716). The screen depicts a vibrant field of blue and purple irises with lush g...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen, Okinawa Painting of a Temple Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Okinawa paintings are few and far between and have different colors and textures from other Japanese screens. Vibrant mineral pigments on a soft ground of mulberry paper, signature a...
17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered late 17th/early 18th century Japanese edo period four panel byobu screen depicting hotei (fat monk) in a treed landscape with Chinese sages engaged in leisurely...
Brass
Robert Crowder Four-Panel Chinoiserie Screen with Gold Leaf on Red Background.
By Robert Crowder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking four-panel hand-painted Chinoiserie screen by renowned artist and designer Robert Crowder.
Wood, Paper
19th Century Shibayama Four Panel Screen Meiji Period Japan, C.1880
Located in London, GB
19th century Shibayama four Panel screen Meiji Period Japan C.1880 Mother of pearl inlay in black lacquer depicting a bird in relief with cherry blossom. The lower section with gi...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Ronde by CHEN Yiching, Contemporary Four-Panel Nihonga Screen (Hand-Painted)
By Chen Yiching
Located in PARIS, FR
'Ronde' (Round) is a hinged four-panel screen covered with stretched paper on the front. The surface is hand-painted with mineral pigments and depicts a floral composition. Plants wi...
Paint, Paper, Wood, Fabric
Dance by CHEN Yiching, Contemporary Four-Panel Screen, Hand-Painted, Nihonga
By Chen Yiching
Located in PARIS, FR
'Danse' (Dance) is a hinged four-panel screen covered with stretched paper on the front. The surface is hand-painted with mineral pigments and depicts a floral composition. Plants wi...
Paint, Paper, Fabric, Wood
Qing Dynasty Four Panel Screen, Hand-Crafted Wood, China, Circa 1850
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A testement to Qing Dynasty craftsmanship this folding panel features wonderful lattice windows. The panel still features its original hinges that allows for many ways to position th...
Wood
Japanese Four Panel Screen: A Scene from the Tails of Genji
Located in Hudson, NY
Lady Aoi and attendant within the palace walls with beautifully painted sudari and fabric with wonderful detail in unusual pastel colors. Mineral pigments on paper with dark brown l...
Lacquer, Paper
A four-panel folding screen depicting a white peacock, signed Yukihiko Kurihara
Located in Milano, IT
An unusual four-panel folding screen depicting a majestic white peacock and a flowering cherry tree, painted on paper with gold powder ground. The scene shows the peacock, rendered w...
Gold Leaf
Stunning Set of Four 19th Century Edo Period Fusuma Door Decorative Panels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of four fusuma (sliding door) panels from the 19th century, painted in ink and colors on gold leaf. The panels depict a blossoming cherry tree extending beyond a woven fence an...
Gold Leaf, Brass
Set of Four Qing Dynasty Elmwood Open Fretwork Panels with Delicate Carvings
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of four Chinese Qing Dynasty period large carved elm wood interior door panels from the late 19th century, with fretwork design, openwork and figures in landscape scenes carved...
Wood, Elm
Japanese Four-Panel Gold Leaf Screen with Nadeshiko Flowers, Edo Period, c. 1750
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four-Panel Screen: Nadeshiko on Gold Leaf This Japanese four-panel screen, dating to the mid-Edo period (circa 1750), depicts graceful clusters of nadeshiko (fringed pinks)...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Pheasants in Ancient Plum in Snowy Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature reads: Tsunenobu hitsu (after Kano Tsunenobu), Kano School painting in mineral pigments on paper with a silk brocade border.
Silk, Paper
Four c.1 980's Gracie Handpainted Wallpaper Panels, on silver, mounted on boards
Located in New York, NY
A set of four beautiful hand-painted Gracie wallpaper panels, circa 1980, on silver metallic background. These were painted in Hong Kong, with exquisite details. The flowering trees...
Paint, Paper
Japanese Meiji Period Four-Panel Screen w Flying Cranes and Landscape, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Four-Panel Screen with Flying Cranes and Landscape, Ca. 1900 DIMENSIONS Wid...
Wood
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Japanese Tree Sparrows on 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 simple...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer
French Mid-Century Modern Cerused Wood and Mother of Pearl Four Panel Screen
Located in Queens, NY
French Mid-Century 4-panel folding screen with a frame constructed from cerused wood in a grid pattern centering square mother of pearl panels. Separation in frame, cracks and losse...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Japanese Four-Panel Screen "Rimpa Painting of Pheasant on Old Plum in Garden"
Located in Hudson, NY
With raised twig fence and poultry cages (used for chicken, pheasants, etc). Wood vine on the fence, and some seasonal flowers in bloom. Delicately painted with wonderful colors and ...
Gold Leaf
Set of Four 20th Century Asian Style Watercolor Painted Wall Panels
Located in Germantown, MD
Set of Four 20th Century Asian Style Water Color Painted Wall Panels, Faux Bamboo frame. Each panel measures 15" in width and stands 41" tall.
Faux Bamboo, Paint, Paper
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.
These spaces exemplify how Eastern elements elevate a home's decor.