Japanese Six Panel Folding Screen. Ink and color on paper depicting raging river over rocks. This is one of a pair. See item# AS15887A for its mate. Price given is for pair.

Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Vintage Japanese Cotton Handwoven Indigo Panel

Unavailable

H 78 in W 37.5 in D 0.125 in

Vintage Japanese Cotton Handwoven Indigo Panel

Located in New York, NY

Large panel, probably from a futon cover, assembled from smaller pieces. The panels features a small stripe pattern in indigo and deep ivory. Would be great on the wall, as a throw o...

Porcelain

Pair of Early 20th Century Shibayamayama Hawk Panels

Unavailable

H 8.08 in W 6.3 in D 0.4 in

Pair of Early 20th Century Shibayamayama Hawk Panels

Located in London, GB

A pair of early 20th century Meiji period Shibayamama panels of oval form, set within aubergine decorated frames, housing black lacquer panels with carved eagles, smaller bird and fl...

Category

Vintage 1910s Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

18th Century Four Lacquer Panels

Unavailable

H 111.82 in W 22.84 in D 1.19 in

18th Century Four Lacquer Panels

Located in Paris, FR

The panels are decorated with pagodas and chinese people, in a luxuriant vegetation, on black background. They are framed by flowers and stylized volutes.

Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Showa Period Two-Panel Screen

Unavailable

H 67.5 in W 66 in D 1.24 in

Showa Period Two-Panel Screen

Located in Hudson, NY

Showa period two-panel Japanese screen. Dimensions: 67.5"H 1.25"D closed 33"W closed 66"W fully extended

Materials

Silk

Pair of Two-Panel Screen, Autumn at the Rakushisha

Unavailable

$2,800

$3,500

H 72.84 in W 48.04 in D 2.56 in L 72.84 in

Japanese Antique Huge Door " Wall Decoration " 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi"

Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba

Japanese Antique Huge Door " Wall Decoration " 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi This extraordinary large sliding door was once used in an old warehouse in Japan. Dating back to the Meiji per...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art

Materials

Iron

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Japanese Keyaki 3-Shaku Mizuya Cabinet with Sliding Doors, Taisho Period, c.1920

$2,000

H 35.71 in W 35.52 in D 15.16 in

Japanese Keyaki 3-Shaku Mizuya Cabinet with Sliding Doors, Taisho Period, c.1920

Located in Hitachiomiya-shi, 08

This Japanese mizuya cabinet was crafted during the Taisho period, circa 1920. At approximately three shaku wide (about 90 cm / 35.4 inches), this dimension represents a traditional...

Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Japanese Antique Low Table 1860s-1920s / Sofa Table Wabi Sabi

$4,895

$6,060

$7,000

H 33.86 in W 65.75 in D 16.93 in

Large Japanese Antique Apothecary Cabinet, Kusuri-Dansu with Glass doors 1870s

Located in 常陸大宮市, JP

Acquired in Japan’s Tokai region, this substantial late 19th-century apothecary counter dates to the Meiji period, circa 1870s–1910s. It retains not only its original configuration...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Apothecary Cabinets

Materials

Agate

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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.

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In the 17th century, screens began to be imported to Europe where their popularity grew. Coco Chanel famously collected Coromandel folding screens.

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