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Japanese Screens Trees Flowers Birds

20th Century Spring Japanese Screen Hand Paint
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
before the middle of the Showa period. Landscape depicting a cute "Sakura" tree in bloom, with flowers
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

20th Century Spring Japanese Screen Hand Paint
20th Century Spring Japanese Screen Hand Paint
H 49.61 in W 100.79 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Birds, Bamboo, And Plum Tree Summer Time Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
. This green summer time country side scene features a center plum tree with awoken birds and a winding
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Paper

17th Century Japanese Screen. Ink Plum Tree & Birds by Kano Naonobu.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Naonobu (1607-1650) Plum Tree and Birds Six-fold Japanese Screen. Ink and slight color on
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons Pair of six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Meiji Era, Circa 1900 Japanese Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of Spring & Autumn
Located in Kyoto, JP
) A pair of six-fold Japanese flower and bird screens from the late Meiji period. The cherry blossom
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
beautiful hand-painted detail of the birds, tree branches, and blossoming flowers make this an attractive
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Lovely 20th Yūki Somei Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Bird and tree Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
of Fine Arts professor emeritus. It is good at landscape flowers and birds. 1957 deaths I was 81
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Lovely 20th Araki Jippo Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Bird and Tree Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. Tokyo to study under Kanpo Araki, later it will be the Yoshishi. You good at flowers and birds. Bunten
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Circa 1900 Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossoms in Moonlight. Meiji period.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kobayashi Shosen (1877-1946) Cherry Blossoms in Moonlight Six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink, color
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Pair of Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screens of Seasonal Landscapes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
flowers and birds. The first screen depicts a pair of pheasants in a spring landscape with a white
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Rare Japanese Floor Screen of Perched Eagles Soga Shohaku Edo period
Located in Atlanta, GA
composed of plants, flowers, trees, rocks and all above waves. The black and white screens were painted in
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Wood, Paper

Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
, gofun, gold and silver on paper. A two-fold Japanese bird and flower screen by the 19th century artist
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Screen. Taisho era Circa 1920. Pheasant in Deep Forest. Color on Silk.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Osawa Tokan (b. 1899) In the Forest Two-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color and gofun on silk. A
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Blossom and Tree Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Araki Kanpo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
bird-and-flower painting, and became a painter of Toyonobu Yamauchi, the lord of the Tosa Kochi feudal
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Cherry Blossom & Birds
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Framed Silk Painting, Turtledoves and Peaches, Taisho Era, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Nakamura Daizaburo Turtledoves in a Peach Tree Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Sparrows & Nandina
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Turtles & Azalea
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Peacock & Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Phoenix & Paulownia
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Crane, Pine & Camelia
Located in Kyoto, JP
including birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Pheasants & Plum in Snow
Located in Kyoto, JP
birds, fish, insects and small animals in combination with flowers, grasses or trees. The theme has a
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

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Hand-Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Scattered Orchids
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The scattered orchids painting of this four-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed woo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Murano Hand Blown Chartreuse Green Glass Chandelier, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Murano hand blown studio glass chandelier. All different shaped chartreuse green discs with white details, rigadin technique Brass plated structure with 24 exposed brass regular soc...
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Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Wall Sconces, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

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Sistema Solare Chandelier, Piattelli Design, Ivory-toned Onyx and Brass, 6-shade
By Silvio Piattelli, Bruno Gatta, Stilnovo
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
Unique chandelier, made from thinly-cut pieces of exquisite ivory-toned translucent onyx. Ideal to be hung over a table, with versatile configurations. Ivory onyx comes from Middle E...
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Large Bamboo Pair of Table Lamps with Brass Bases
Located in New York, NY
large bamboo pair of table lamps with brass bases. Beautiful and chic table lamps. Lovely brass bases and bamboo tops held by brass top.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Brass

Large Counterbalance Ceiling Fixture, White Enamel + Brass by Blueprint Lighting
By Gino Sarfatti, Stilnovo, Arteluce
Located in New York, NY
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Serenity Sofie Contemporary Wall Sconce/Light, White Plaster, Hannah Woodhouse
By Hannah Woodhouse
Located in London, GB
Handmade Serenity Sofie wall light or sconce, in silky smooth white plaster, created by artist Hannah Woodhouse in her London studio. Contemporary design inspired by nature and midce...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Organic Modern Wall Lights and Sco...

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Plaster

17th Century Japanese Export Lacquer Cabinet with Depiction the Dutch Tradepost
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly important Japanese export lacquer cabinet with depiction of the Dutch East India Company tradepost Deshima and the annual Dutch delegation on its way to the Shogun in Edo ...
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Copper, Gold

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Landscape Hunting Scene
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a hunting scene with various warriors and animals spread across a vast, mountainous landscape with lush forest. The dark...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

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...
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2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Edo Rimpa School Screens after Tawaraya Sotatsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive pair of 17th century Japanese Edo period Rinpa school screens made in the manner and style of Autumn Grasses by Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640). Beautifully decorated with wi...
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Lotus Tree Nature Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene with a lotus tree in full bloom. The subtle yet rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful hand-painted ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Brilliant Spring Summer Gold Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just acquired in Kyoto, Japan A beautifully rendered smaller scale Japanese gold leaf six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 20 inches high and 54 inches leng...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Pink ‘Ultrafragola’ Mirror Designed by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova, Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in London, GB
The curvaceous pink ‘Ultrafragola’ mirror designed by Ettore Sottsass is probably the most iconic of all his many designs. Originally produced in the 1970s by Poltronova, the ‘Ultraf...
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Glass, Acrylic

Sculptural Custom Neve Plaster Fixture
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural bespoke Neve plaster fixture in the Jean Michel Frank manner. Please note that this fixture takes (1) Edison bulb at 40 or 60 watts in the center and (8) e-12 candelabra b...
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Plaster

Modern Conchula Day Bed, Beige Bouclé, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Sofas

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Leather, Bouclé, Cotton, Velvet, Wood, Wool, Oak

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Japanese Screen with Birds and Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Two-panel folding screen with painting in ink and mineral colors on silk of birds in flowering
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Japanese Screen with Birds and Flowers
Japanese Screen with Birds and Flowers
H 61.42 in W 52.37 in D 0.79 in
A set of four panels depicting birds and flowers
Located in Winter Park, FL
posed with other flowers beneath a blossoming cherry tree at left; the reverse painted with a river
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Ink

Japanese Painted Wood Doors
Located in Seattle, WA
A set of four Japanese painted {sugi} (cryptomeria) wood doors depicting a {kacho}, or bird and
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Painted Wood Doors
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H 69.75 in W 138 in D 1 in
Early 19th, Japanese Folding Screen with Birds and Plum Trees, Edo period
Located in Central Hong-Kong, HK
early 19th century screen, tiny birds, ducks, and plum trees depicted with acute observational skill
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities

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Wood, Paper

Birds and Flowers Screen
Located in New York, NY
Two-panel folding screen with painting in ink and mineral colors on silk of birds in flowering
Art Case Piano Chinoiserie Style Hand Painted Masterpiece by Weber
By Weber
Located in Port Jefferson, NY
a gracefully asymmetric tree she examines a patch of flowers. The gold, stylized foliage of the tree
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Musical Instruments

Japanese Fine Antique Birds, Fish, and Flowers Hand Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
attractive and unique "birds and flowers" motif and convenient size. Included are plum trees, red, white
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Fine Birds, Fish, Dragon & Flowers "Fan" Hand Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine early small scale Japanese hand-painted six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a unique
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Fine Antique Blue and Gold "Bird & Flowers" Hand-Painted Screens, Pair
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mandarin duck, cherry blossoms, mountains and flowers and trees galore and oh yes, those lovely blue waters
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Textile, Wood, Paper

Japanese Antique Gold Mandarin Ducks, Cherry Tree, Mountains Hand-Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
: Rich gold mist back ground with Mandarin duck family, a bird of paradise, cherry tree, flowers galore
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Japanese Fine Small Antique Blue and Gold "Birds & Iris" Hand Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
A fine early small scale Japanese antique hand painted six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Japanese Four-Panel Spring Byobu Folding Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese painted four panel byobu folding screen depicting trees with blossoming flowers
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Edo Style Four-Panel Spring Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Japanese four-panel folding screen made in the Edo period style. Depicts an idyllic
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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Pair of Six-Fold Japanese Screens Attribtuted to Kano Sansetsu, 1590-1651
Located in Milano, IT
Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons A pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gofun and
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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Set of Six Japanese Flora and Fauna Painted Panels
Located in Rio Vista, CA
painted scenes of colorful birds among various flowers and trees. Each painting mounted on masonite board
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Antique Dual Sided Eight Panel Chinese Black Lacquer on Wood Screen
Located in Savannah, GA
, Flower, and Trees. Screen is Beautifully Decorated Using Gold Gilt, Inlays, and Overlays. Bottoms of
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Showa Siver Screen Yellow Birds Goldfinch Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
of the birds, tree branches, and blossoming flowers make this an attractive and special work
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Fine Antique Blue and Gold "Bird & Flowers" Hand-Painted Screen
Located in South Burlington, VT
: Sparrow and Mandarin duck, cherry blossoms, white capped mountains and flowers and trees galore and oh yes
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Early 20th Century Japanese Silver Screen Pair, Flowers & Birds of the 4 Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers and birds of the 4 Seasons. Early 20th century, circa 1920 Pair of six-panel Japanese
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Early 20th Century Asian Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Kano Ansen Takanobu, Flowers and Birds, Japanese Scroll Painting
By Kano Ansen Takanobu 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kano Ansen Takanobu (1809-1892) “Flowers and Birds of Spring and Summer” 1888 Hanging scroll
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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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
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Spring Birds and Flowers, 19th Century, Japanese Scroll Painting, Nanpinha
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous “Spring flowers and birds” Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk Dimensions: Scroll
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Vintage Framed Japanese Handmade Paintings on Silk with Birds and Flowers
Located in Antwerp, BE
Lovely and original vintage Japanese hand painted watercolor paintings on silk with birds - birds
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Silk, Wood

Japanese Flower and Bird Scroll Painting by Kano Tanshin Morimichi, circa 1815
Located in Kyoto, JP
type of colorful flower and bird painting, featuring auspicious motifs and painted in meticulously
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Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen Autumn into Winter Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Autumn into Winter Landscape, Late Edo (circa 1850) Rimpa style painting
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Japanese Screen, Peacock and Peahen, Meiji Era, circa 1900
Located in Kyoto, JP
- Seichiku Jushi A two-fold Japanese silk screen from the late Meiji period depicting a peacock with its
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Antique Edo Period 6 Panel Folding Screen Depicting Birds and Seasonal Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Edo (Tokugawa) period Japanese antique six panel folding screen in sumi (black ink) and
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Screens and Room Dividers

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Gold Leaf

Four Framed Japanese Embroidered Silk Panels
Located in Stamford, CT
Four framed Japanese embroidered silk panels with metal thread decoration of birds in trees and
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Antique Wooden Painting / Panel Painting / Sliding Door /Edo-Meiji Era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
very nice picture. Flowers and birds are drawn. And the part of the metal fitting that hooks your
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

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Cypress

Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Loquat and Sparrows, circa 1910-1915 Taisho
Located in Kyoto, JP
(nihonga) from the early Taisho period. The bird and flower scene is painted on luxurious silk with rich
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Chinoiserie Six-Panel Screen Inspired by Robert Crowder
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic chinoiserie style six-panel folding screen featuring a blossoming prunus tree with white
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Antique Japanese Two-Panel Screen 'Byobu'
Located in San Francisco, CA
flowers surrounding a persimmon tree with plump fruit and punctuated with colorful birds; all next to a
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings

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Paper

Antique Japanese Two-Panel Screen 'Byobu'
Antique Japanese Two-Panel Screen 'Byobu'
H 67 in W 74.75 in D 0.75 in
Reasons to be Cheerful, Mychael Barratt, Limited Edition Silkscreen Print, Citys
By Mychael Barratt
Located in Deddington, GB
annual festival run by the Campaign for Drawing) Bird Mural (on Brick Lane) Blackfriar (The Blackfriar, a
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Monumental Japanese Six Panel Screen
Located in Louisville, KY
, flowers, trees and mountains in the distance. For similar examples see: BEYOND GOLDEN CLOUDS, Japanese
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

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Ink

Japanese Painted Fusuma Door Panels
Located in Seattle, WA
and polychrome painting of a misty landscape with bird and flower subjects (kacho). The landscape is
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Meji Period Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautiful late 19th century two panel screen painted with birds, trees and flower. (ldd)
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings

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Wood, Paint, Paper

Meji Period Screen
Meji Period Screen
H 60 in W 54 in
Japanese Four-Panel Floor Silk Screen, Landscape with Herons, circa 1930s
Located in Pau, FR
painted silkscreen depicting a landscape with herons, trees, grapes, flowers, and birds. The back is
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Vintage 1930s Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Brass

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Japanese Screens Trees Flowers Birds For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of Japanese screens trees flowers birds available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, silk and paper, all Japanese screens trees flowers birds available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of Japanese screens trees flowers birds available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century.

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Finding the Right paintings-screens for You

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.