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Korean Silk Painting

Korean Minhwa Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Scroll Painting on Silk, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully painted and detailed Korean folk art Minhwa Jakhodo (The letters “jak” means magpie
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Antique 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paint

Korean Two-Panel Silk Screen from 1975
Located in Lomita, CA
outside of the screen written in Korea characters in gold. This screen has two folds and a square painting
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20th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Korean Two-Panel Silk Screen from 1975
Korean Two-Panel Silk Screen from 1975
$880 Sale Price
71% Off
H 48 in W 40 in D 4 in
Korean Asian Large 8-Panel Silk Embroidered Byobu Bird Butterfly Screen, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous early to midcentury Korean embroidered eight-panel screen depicting scenic nature motifs
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Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Korean Buddhist Temple Scroll Painting Sinjung T'aenghwa Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Korean Buddhist painting on silk framed in wood with an acrylic shadow box. The type of the
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Antique 1880s Korean Other Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Acrylic, Wood

Exceptional Early 20C Korean 8 Panel Hand-painted Silk Screen/Divider
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING and EXTREMELY RARE and DESIRABLE Early 20C Korean 8 Panel Hand-painted Silk
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Early 20th Century Korean Country Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Framed Korean Official Portrait Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hyper realistic portrait of an official with watercolor on silk bordered panel, framed in dark
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Antique 19th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Framed Korean Official Portrait Joseon Dynasty
Framed Korean Official Portrait Joseon Dynasty
$3,200
H 15.2 in W 11.6 in D 0.5 in
Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of the Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of the Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Korean Hanging Scroll of Bamboo, Prunus and Orchids
Located in Chicago, IL
Kannon at a young age. Painted in a subdued palette of dark colors on woven silk, the painting is mounted
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Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Korean Folding Chaekgeori Painted Scholar Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
A six-panel painted folding floor screen from Korea circa early 20th century. This type of screen
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20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper

1979 Cui Tang Pheasants Love Birds Painting on Silk Flowers Peonies Chinoiserie
Located in Dayton, OH
1979 Cui Tang Korean painting on silk showing brightly colored male and female pheasants in front
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Vintage 1970s Korean Chinoiserie Paintings

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Silk, Paint

Large Japanese or Korean Tiger Rest and Grooming in the Forest, Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large Scroll Painting of Japanese or Korean painting of tiger rest and grooming in the forest. Ink
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Antique 19th Century Asian Paintings and Screens

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Silk

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Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of the Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Japanese Korean Meiji Period Five-Panel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century five-panel painted screen. Meiji period paintings from Japanese
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Antique 19th Century Korean Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Grasscloth, Silk, Wood, Paper

Large Korean Folding Chaekgeori Books and Scholars' Possessions Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and very well-preserved folding floor screen from Korea circa early 20th century. This type
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20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper

Six-Panel Korean Silk Embroidered Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
-embroidered silk on an Imperial red ground. The depictions are mounted to silk covered panels with wood
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20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Korean Minhwa Tiger and Magpie Painting on Silk, Jakhodo, Late 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderfully charming Korean Minhwa Jakhodo painting on silk of a spotted tiger with her cub under
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Korean 12 Panel Silk Hand-Painted Folding Screen
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible 19th century Korean folding screen with 12 hand-painted silk panels of bright blue and
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Antique 19th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Early Yi Dynasty Korean Painted Triptych on Silk with Folklore Figures
Located in Milford, NH
A fine hand-painted three-panel triptych on fabric, possibly silk, featuring folklore scenes with
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Antique 19th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Korean Six-Panel Screen of Legendary Chinese Figures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Meiji period Korean six-panel screen depicting legendary Chinese figures on individual panels with
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20th Century Korean Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper, Wood

Korean Showa Four Panel Screen Tartars Hunting Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Magnificent Korean Showa period four-panel screen depicting hunting scenes with tartars in a
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20th Century Korean Showa Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Vintage Korean 4 Panel Landscape Guo Ziyi Banquet Folding Screen Divider
Located in Dayton, OH
"Mid-20th Century vintage four panel folding screen / room divider / wall art featuring a printed scene with hand painted color depicting a banquet honoring Guo Zi Yi (697–781), a fa...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Hardwood, Paper

Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Geese Flight Over Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
pigments over a gold toned ground. The painting is set in a black lacquered wood frame with a silk brocade
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20th Century Korean Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Korean "Minhwa" Folk Art Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Korean minhwa on silk of birds, tree branch and flowers. Dimensions: 31.5"H x 18.5"W. Ask us about
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20th Century Korean Prints

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Silk

Korean "Minhwa" Folk Art Painting
Korean "Minhwa" Folk Art Painting
H 31.5 in W 18.5 in D 2 in
19th Century Eight-Fold Screen
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A wonderful, 19th century Korean, eight-fold screen, decorated in colors with birds, flowers and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Korean Paintings

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Silk, Paint, Paper

19th Century Eight-Fold Screen
19th Century Eight-Fold Screen
H 59.7 in W 136.5 in D 2 in

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Korean Embroidered Military Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean embroidered silk rank badge (Hyungbae in Korean) from late Joseon Dynasty circa the end of 19th century. The badge features a design of double leopards above the Li-sui wave...
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Textiles

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Fabric, Silk, Wood

Lacquered Korean Low Coffee Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Furniture

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Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape. Yoshino is in the Nara Prefecture, an area famous for these small and tame deer native to Japan. Meiji period (1868 ...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Antique Korean Joseon Dynasty Zelkova & Brass Bandaji Tansu Chest Trunk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Korean Bandaji chest or trunk featuring Zelkova elm frame with brass accents. The Korean name bandaji (literally meaning "half closing") derives from the hinged door in the f...
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Antique 19th Century Furniture

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Brass

Antique Korean Joseon Dynasty Zelkova & Brass Bandaji Tansu Chest Trunk
Antique Korean Joseon Dynasty Zelkova & Brass Bandaji Tansu Chest Trunk
$3,500 Sale Price
40% Off
H 43 in W 46.6 in D 19.5 in
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. ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Wood, Paper

Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, monumental, exceptionally large Korean ten-panel Sipjangsaengdo Byobu folding screen depicting the ten symbols of longevity—sun, mountain, water, rock, cloud,...
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Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper

Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930 Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk. Signature: Goho Seal: Goho A pair of two-fold Japanese silk s...
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Korean Jakhodo Minhwa Folk Scroll Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting mounted as a hanging scroll. The watercolor on paper was likely dated from 1930s-1940s. The work depicts a "Jakhodo" theme (Tiger and Magpie theme; The let...
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Vintage 1930s Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Geese and Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese late Meiji period two-panel byobu screen by Hashimoto Koshu. The large screen features two white geese amid brightly colored reeds. The symbolism of geese and reed...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Geese and Reeds
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Geese and Reeds
$20,000
H 74.5 in W 73 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Chinese Korean Asian Signed Framed Hand Painted Tiger Scroll Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and striking framed Asian tiger scroll painting featuring a regal tiger in the moonlight. This work is hand-painted with masterful brushstrokes on a silk/linen surface. W...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paint

Korean Book Shelf Etagere Late Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
Known in Korean as Sabang Takja (Four-Direction Shelf), this cubic etagere consists of four tiers: three open shelves and the lower storage, which is further divided into a row of th...
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Antique Early 1900s Korean Other Furniture

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Brass

Korean Book Shelf Etagere Late Joseon Dynasty
Korean Book Shelf Etagere Late Joseon Dynasty
$3,800
H 65.75 in W 21.5 in D 15.5 in
Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Korean black lacquer and abalone mother of pearl inlay "longevity" box, circa 1930s, Korea. The box, most likely used to store documents, is crafted of black la...
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Vintage 1930s Korean Showa Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

Antique Korean Embroidered Civil Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Korean silk embroidered rank badge (Hyungbae in Korean) from Joseon Dynasty circa late 19th century. The badge features a design of double flying cranes above the Li-sui waves...
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Antique 19th Century Korean Other Textiles

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Fabric, Silk, Wood

Korean Chaekgeori painting. 19th Century Joseon. Books & Scholars’ Accouterments
Located in Kyoto, JP
Books and Scholars’ Accouterments; Chaekgeori Second half of the 19th century Korean framed panel. Ink and color on paper. This Korean Chaekgeori painting depicts two open shelve...
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Antique Late 19th Century Korean Edo Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Korean Antique Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets
Located in Atlanta, GA
A two-tier stacking storage cabinet on comforting stand, known as Nong in Korean, circa early 20th century (end of Joseon to Korean Empire Period). Each cabinet is fitted with a pair...
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Early 20th Century Korean Other Furniture

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Brass

Korean Antique Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets
Korean Antique Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets
$5,000 / set
H 46.25 in W 32.5 in D 14.75 in
Japanese screen two-panel
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Eagle on a pine branch with traces of white snow. A rare subject for this mid-century two-panel screen, painted in mineral pigments on gilded paper. The screen is a nice size and is ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese screen  two-panel
Japanese screen  two-panel
$8,270
H 66.93 in W 71.66 in D 0.79 in
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Korean Silk Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Korean silk painting available at 1stDibs. A Korean silk painting — often made from fabric, silk and wood — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the Korean silk painting you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each Korean silk painting bearing Folk Art hallmarks is very popular.

How Much is a Korean Silk Painting?

The average selling price for a Korean silk painting at 1stDibs is $2,800, while they’re typically $1,995 on the low end and $19,600 for the highest priced.
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