Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Early Kano School painting of pine trees overlooking two beautifully painted cranes and floral design in a natural setting by water’s edge. Mineral pigments, gold dust and gold leaf ...
Gold, Gold Leaf
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.
Brass, Gold Leaf
A six-panel Kano-school gold-leaf screen depicting cranes beneath a majestic pine tree
Located in Milano, IT
An antique six-panel Japanese Kano school screen painted on a gold leaf ground with gold sand, depicting an elegant natural landscape animated by cranes, pine trees, and seasonal flo...
Gold Leaf
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
Antique Chinese Folding Chamber Screen / Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Chinese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely colors
Bronze
Antique Japanese Folding Chamber Screen /Paravent Early 20th century Japan Crane
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Japanese Chamber screen. Also suitable for wall mounting. Good condition and lovely colors
Bronze
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji 6 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crown Cranes Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
It is quite a wonderful composition with brilliant use of negative space. The screen also features gold flake/ gold dust throughout.
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Double Sided Folding Chamber Screen 19/20th C Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Meiji period 19th or early 20th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Two sided decoration. Also usuable as wall mounted screen. Stunning piece! 120 x 61cm
Bronze
Vintage Coromandel Screen with White Cranes, Gold Accents, and Black Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
The timeless combination of black, gold, and white lends the screen a sophisticated and dramatic aesthetic.
Wood
Mid-Century Chinese Coromandel Screen with Gold Cranes and Lacquered Floral Back
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking six-panel Chinese Coromandel screen from the mid-20th century, adorned with intricately incised and gilded cranes in flight. Set against a warm, golden background with a t...
Brass
B4 JapaneseAntiques 6panels, Gold back, Flower&bird Chicken Crane, FoldingScreen
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 5-10mm plywood): 21cm x 70cm x...
Paper
19th Japanese Screen with Cranes and Pine on a Golden Background
Located in Marbella, ES
A spectacular antique Japanese six-panel screen, decorated with an elegant scene of cranes beside a pine tree against a gold leaf background.
Gold, Iron
Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Cranes by the River
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The cranes by the river painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wo...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 68.51 in W 144.1 in D 0.4 in
Meiji Period Painted Golden Screen with Cranes by Mochizuki Gyokkei from 1906
Located in Berlin, Berlin
A striking pair of Meiji period six-panel folding screens by Mochizuki Gyokkei (1874-1939) showing a flock of cranes.
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 36 in W 70 in D 1 in
Meiji Era Cranes along a River Japanese Screen Grues Aux Bords D'une Riviere
Located in Sarasota, FL
Phenomenal four-panel screen painted with four exquisite renderings of cranes in various positions. Anonymous artist (Japan, meiji era, 19th century) CRANES ALONG A RIVER Grues au...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 71.66 in W 63.78 in D 1.19 in
Exciting Early 19th Century Gold Leaf Four-Panel Screen Crane Birds
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Four-panel screen/room divider crane birds France, Art Deco period.
Wood
Japanese Four-Panel Gold Leaf Byobu Screen with Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular Japanese four-panel byobu screen featuring squares of gold leaf hand painted with white cranes.
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 65.75 in W 149.22 in D 0.79 in
A six-panel gold leaf screen with cranes among bamboo and peonies
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen in gold leaf and natural pigments depicting cranes, peonies, and bamboo.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Kano School Crane Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese six-panel Meiji period screen depicting red crowned cranes in a landscape with pine trees and camellia. 19th century Kano school featuring gold leaf and vivid color...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Period Two-Panel Screen Cranes and Pine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese Showa period two panel screen depicting red-crowned cranes in an ancient pine tree over crashing waves.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen Dance of 50 Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful painting of 50 cranes gathered on solid gold leaf ground. Mineral pigments on gold leaf. In Japan the crane signifies fidelity, good luck, love and long life. Seal reads: J...
Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen of Cranes and Willow on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 20th century Japanese Meiji four-panel screen featuring cranes and a willow tree. Painted on squares of gold leaf with a rich patina and set in an ebonized wood frame with a br...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 83 in W 73 in D 1 in
Hollywood Regency Black and Gold Four-Panel Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Hollywood Regency black and gold four-panel screen with hand-painted flying cranes.
Wood
Antique Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in New York, NY
One side is delicately hand-painted with cranes over a gold-leaf background. This peaceful, atmospheric scene is framed within an indigo blue silk matting.
Gold Leaf
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H 67.38 in W 68 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Two Panel Screen Sedge of Cranes in Rolling Landscape with Gold Clouds
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a group of cranes gathering next to water's edge with gold dust clouds in the background. The scene is accented by wild grasses and lichen on the...
Gold
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H 66.93 in W 147.64 in D 1.19 in
19th Japanese Screen with Cranes and Pine on a Golden Background
Located in Marbella, ES
Stunning four-panel Japanese screen decorated with a traditional scene of cranes and a majestic pine tree on a gold background.
Gold, Iron
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H 72.05 in W 63 in D 0.99 in
Oriental Gold Leaf and Hand Painted Four Panel Screen Decorated with Cranes
Located in London, GB
A 1970s oriental gold leaf and hand painted four panel, brass hinged screen beautifully hand painted and decorated on the front with cranes, flowers, blossom and birds.
Gold Leaf
Black Lacquer Screen with Cranes and Gold Leaf, Four-Panel Room Divider
Located in Yonkers, NY
A striking display of artistry, this Chinese lacquered folding screen showcases a mesmerizing composition of red-crowned cranes in flight against a golden backdrop.
Wood
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H 78 in W 72 in D 1 in
Black and Gold Four-Panel Screen with Cranes, Blossoms, and Nailhead Detail
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage four-panel Chinese screen features a richly painted scene of cranes, flowering branches, and ornamental vases set against a deep black ground.
Leather, Wood
Rinpa-Inspired Crane Sliding Doors, Late Edo Period
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Discover the artistry of traditional Japanese aesthetics with this pair of exquisite sliding doors, dating back to the late Edo period (1800-1850). These doors, adorned with a Rinpa-...
Gold Leaf
Rinpa-Inspired Crane Sliding Doors, Late Edo Period
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Discover the artistry of traditional Japanese aesthetics with this pair of exquisite sliding doors, dating back to the late Edo period (1800-1850). These doors, adorned with a Rinpa-...
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Gilt Coromandel Screen Manchurian Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Chinese export four-panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring an idyllic pond landscape with eight red crowned cranes or Manchurian cranes.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Contemporary Japanese Eight Panel Crane Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental contemporary Japanese eight panel screen featuring a three crane landscape scene. Painted on squares of gold leaf in an Edo period Kano School style and manner.
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Six Panel Folding Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent Chinese export six-panel lacquered screen featuring nine white cranes over a gilt gold leaf background.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Taisho Period Two-Panel Screen Wading Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Ink and natural color pigments on hand-crafted mulberry paper with gold flecks. The screen showcases the artist's amazing brushwork.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Screen of Cranes in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large early 20th century Japanese six-panel byobu screen depicting cranes in flight decorated with a pine landscape.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Two-Panel Screen Manchurian Crane Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting Manchurian or red-crowned cranes in a bamboo and river landscape.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Six Panel Meiji Crane Landscape Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating pair of Japanese six-panel Meiji period screens depicting red-crowned cranes and minogame in landscape scenes.
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Asian Gold Leaf Crane Folding Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The expansive six-panel composition is hand-rendered on a rich gold-leaf ground, depicting a serene landscape of majestic white cranes—venerated symbols of longevity and peace—amongs...
Gold Leaf
Asian Hand Painted Gold Gilt Four Panel Screen with Lilies and Cranes
Located in West Hartford, CT
Set of 4 stunning Asian panels wall screen with beautiful hand painted cranes and lilies on a vibrant gold leaf background.
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.
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