Tall 6-panel golden silk Japanese folding screen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) entirely covered with lustrous golden silk with a faint square pattern. In Japan, such tranquil and evenly composed screens are ofte...
Gold Leaf
Tall Japanese 6-panel folding screen with kachôga painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The polychrome paintings are executed in the same style on a paper ground, mounted with a border of gold leaf speckled paper, surrounded by two more silk borders. The panels are prot...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Tall Japanese 6-panel folding screen with kachôga painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Lovely large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) covered with a series of six separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting pairings of birds, plants and calligraphy (right to ...
Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Japanese Edo Two-Panel Gilt Screen Birds Chrysanthemums 6 Ft
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A charming weathered Japanese two-panel Edo period folding gilt byobu screen depicting four birds amid flowering chrysanthemums beside a bamboo fence. Measuring over 6 feet wide the ...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Tall Japanese 6-panel folding screen with Tosa School genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) presents an elaborate Tosa School genre painting set against a backdrop of gold leaf, vividly depicting the bustling festivities ...
Gold Leaf
Tall Japanese 6-panel folding screen with Tosa School genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An amazing, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) presents an elaborate Tosa School genre painting set against a backdrop of gold leaf, capturing lively celebrations across various s...
Gold Leaf
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with chrysanthemum garden
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very colourful and captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined continuous painting of a luscious flower garden filled with many different types of chrysanthem...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Cockscomb and Morning Glories
Located in Hudson, NY
Nihonga style, finely painted spring flowers with a dragonfly detail in mineral pigments on silk. Signed and sealed: "Seichu". Real name: Aoki Keinosuke (1891-1973), born in Kyoto, s...
Cotton, Silk, Lacquer
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Flower Garden in the Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Various flowers on water's edge with a garden fence and gold dust with heavy gold leaf clouds. Mineral pigments on gold with a silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Back of scr...
Gold
Antique Japanese 6-Panel 'Byobu' Screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant antique Japanese 6-panel (byobu) screen painted with a composition of five standing cranes by a rushing stream surrounded by plum blossoms and bamboo with mountains in t...
Silk
Japanese Byobu Hand Painted Silk Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful early-mid 20th century 6 panel Japanese Byobu folding screen. It is signed and features hand applied painted scenes of cloudy mountains and trees in gold tones. The corn...
Silk, Wood, Paint
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Edge of the Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Edge of the Forest With various trees and wild flowers in late summer, early fall Mineral pigments on silk Seal reads: Tosen.
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H 24.81 in W 102.37 in D 1.19 in
Antique Japanese Small Six-Panel Screen, Meiji Period circa 1900
Located in Prahran, Victoria
6 panel screen of unusual size depicting traditional musical instruments, flutes drum, koto and biwa painted on silk with a gold leaf surround.
Gold Leaf
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H 1.75 in W 2.5 in D 6.25 in
6 Mid Century Miniature Japanese Panel Screens Reiko Chiba Tuttle Prints MCM
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage set of 6 Japanese Screens in Miniature book set: Six Masterpieces of the Momoyama Period with fold out booklet containing commentary by Reiko Chuiba. Published by Charles E. ...
Paper
Japanese Six Part Gold Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
Edo Period (Late 18th/early 19th) Japanese 6-part screen in mineral pigments with heavy gold leaf on mulberry paper framed in lacquered wood.
Gold Leaf
Zen-style Silver-leafed Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Steeped in the tranquil essence of Zen, this screen from the Meiji era is the epitome of Japanese craftsmanship. The Meiji period, known for embracing modernity, also saw the continu...
Silver Leaf
Antique Japanese 6 Panel Folding Screen, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
Japanese 6 panel folding screen, Meiji period circa 1900.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Tale of Genji Ch. 6
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Japanese Showa period two panel folding byobu screen featuring an illustration of an episode in the tales of Genji. The painting depicts characters from chapter 6 Suetsumuhan...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 67.84 in W 147.17 in D 0.75 in
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fascinating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on goldish silver leaf with different scenes of people at work in a rural mountain village during th...
Silver Leaf
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H 68.55 in W 137.64 in D 0.6 in
Large Japanese 6-panel folding screen with chrysanthemums on silver leaf
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A beautiful large six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a refined Rinpa-style painting of different types of chrysanthemums 菊 (kiku) with some pampas grasses 薄 (susuki) sticking out. T...
Silver Leaf
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H 69.22 in W 146.86 in D 0.75 in
Japanese 18th Century Large 6-Panel Folding Screen by Mori Yôshin 森陽信
By Mori Yôshin 森陽信
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An incredible, late 18th century large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined Mori School painting on gold leaf of a dense pine tree forest (matsu) along the edges of a rock...
Gold Leaf
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H 68.19 in W 144.89 in D 0.71 in
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with Edo genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An elaborate, large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) featuring a detailed genre painting on gold leaf, capturing the vibrancy of festive scenes from the Edo period. Central to the p...
Metal, Gold Leaf
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H 47.84 in W 102.21 in D 0.67 in
Japanese Mid-Size 6-Panel Byôbu 屏風 Screen with Puppies Playing in a Flower Field
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A delightful medium-size six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a polychrome painting of puppies amidst a luscious flower garden. Various chrysanthemum flowers (kiku) in white, yello...
Silk, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Fine Antique Sumi Ink and Silver Screen, 6 Horses
Located in South Burlington, VT
6 magnificent steeds ingeniously hand painted in sumi ink on silver ground, 19th century Japan, a fine six-panel screen Byobu depicting 6 magnificent horses executed in black sumi i...
Paper
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H 36 in W 70.5 in D 0.6 in
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Hunting Hawks Falcons Bird Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
Would also be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian screen/art collection. Dimensions: 36" high, 70.5" wide, .6" deep.
Gold Leaf
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H 67.29 in W 148.75 in D 0.71 in
Japanese Large 6-Panel Room Divider with a Painting of Pine Trees & Bird of Prey
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exquisite and large six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a detailed painting on gold leaf of a pine tree forest ? (matsu) with two white bird of prey (môkinrui) flying overhead. The e...
Metal, Gold Leaf
Japanese antique screen - EDO period - Willow over a stream
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese 6 panel screen from the early Edo period (C1650). One of a pair (both available). This magnificent golden screen shows an omnipotent or 'gods eye' view, down through...
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Screen Painting in Ink and Colors Depicting Goshawks
Located in San Francisco, CA
A striking Japanese antique Edo period screen painting in ink and colors on paper, each of the 6 framed panels featuring a goshawk (hawk) tethered to a perch by a silk cord with the ...
Paper
Japanese 6 Panel Crane Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
This exquisite and classic Japanese screen from Kyoto is of the Kano school, circa 1880. Made with rice paper and gold leaf showing cranes flying along grass and into the sky and clo...
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H 67.72 in W 150.01 in D 0.79 in
A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, in manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan Combined twelve gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to fo...
Silk, Paint, Paper
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H 67.72 in W 150.01 in D 0.79 in
One of Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, in manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5758) Combined twelve gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid ...
Silk, Paint, Paper
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H 68.51 in W 138.59 in D 0.79 in
A Single Late 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screen, in the manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
Six gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid down to form a six panel screen, with pigment and ink on rice paper, surrounded by thickly set gold leaf border, and Japanese silk ...
Gold Leaf
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H 68.51 in W 150.01 in D 0.79 in
One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, in manner of Soga Chokuan
Located in London, GB
One of a Pair of 19th Century Six Panel Paper Screens, depicting Tethered Hawks, in the manner of Soga Chokuan (5328) Combined twelve gouache painted scenes of tethered hawks, laid ...
Silk, Paint, Paper
Meiji Period Japanese Screen
Located in Doylestown, PA
A stunning 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period 6-panel screen on paper, "Figures Beneath A Cherry Tree", with a red laquer and silk border.
Silk
Rock Tree Japanese Mural
By Paul Montgomery
Located in Staunton, VA
Rock Tree is an atmospheric Japanese painting rendered in the traditional ink style. Inspired by Japanese screens, Rock Tree can be a powerful statement or a focal point for modern i...
Silk
$4,170
H 68.51 in W 138.59 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Aged Silver Leaf, Meiji Period
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking Japanese six-panel folding screen covered entirely in silver leaf. Rather than featuring a painted composition, the screen is defined by the surface of the silver itself....
Silver Leaf
Rinpa Style Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen Late Edo Period
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Late Edo Period Rinpa School Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen Period: late Edo, early 19th century Size: 364 x 172 cm (143 x 67 inches) This exquisite late Edo period Rinpa school scr...
Paper
Antique Japanese Six Panel Room Divider Floor Screen
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Japanese Six Panel Room Divider Floor Screen.
Paper
$5,310
H 69.69 in W 148.04 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Six-Panel Gold-Ground Screen with Magnolia and Birds, 19th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting flowering magnolia branches and small birds against a richly toned gold ground, likely dating to the late Edo period, 19th century. A br...
Wood, Paper
$2,995
H 27 in W 57 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lakeside & Maple Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, quite engaging four-panel Edo Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape lakeside scene with various people fishing, boating, playing along the mi...
Gold Leaf
$3,400Sale Price|29% Off
H 66 in W 139.5 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Yoshitsune and Benkei
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century Japanese late Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting Yoshitsune and Benkei, two heroes of Japanese folklore. Crafted in ink and natural color pigments o...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Flowers and Landscape
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Japanese mid-sized six-panel folding screen depicting an elegant landscape of flowering trees and plants, flowing water, rocky outcrops, distant hills, and a bird in flight. The c...
Wood, Paper
Chinese Export Flora and Fauna Gilt Coromandel Screen 8 Ft
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A rich and dramatic Chinese Export folding six-panel double-sided coromandel screen executed in radiant gilt and lacquer. The front depicts a beautiful composition of twisting brown ...
Brass, Gold Leaf
$760Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.25 in W 80 in D 0.75 in
Vintage Japanese Gilt , Figural & Floral Hand Painted 3-Panel Screen c1940
Located in Big Flats, NY
This vintage Japanese three-panel dressing screen, dating to approximately 1940, features exquisite hand-painted figural and floral motifs on paper over a wood frame. The panels are ...
Wood
$6,743
H 67.33 in W 148.04 in D 1.19 in
Large Japanese Six-Panel Gold Leaf Screen with Pine, Peonies and Waterfowl, 19th
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An impressive Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting a richly composed landscape of pine, peonies, rocks and waterfowl against a luminous gold leaf ground. A large pine tree ex...
Wood, Paper
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Floral Landscape
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Flowers, Rocks and Waterside Landscape An elegant Japanese six-panel folding screen depicting a tranquil waterside landscape with flowering pl...
Gold Leaf
$4,900
H 48.43 in W 109.06 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Six-Panel Gold Screen with Flowers, Birds and Flowing Stream
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Japanese six-panel folding screen (byōbu) presenting an expansive garden landscape of flowering plants, birds and butterflies against a warm gold ground. A dark, winding stream ex...
Wood, Paper
$5,525
H 70.25 in W 103.5 in D 1 in
Six-Panel Japanese Folding Screen with Scholar’s Objects and Floral Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This six-panel Japanese folding screen presents a richly detailed composition of scholar’s objects, rendered in vibrant mineral pigments on paper. Each panel depicts vertical stacks ...
Wood, Paper
$2,495
H 36 in W 72 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and brilliantly colorful fully blooming Spring cherry blossom tree with a wonderful composit...
Wood, Paint, Paper
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
Golden 10 Panel Japanese Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Historically, folding screens (in Japanese 'byōbu', literally 'wind wall) were used to direct air circulation and create privacy in the flexible, open floor plan common in the tradit...
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Screen: Flow of Time in Gold
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Seasons Flowing in Gold is a masterful expression of depth and rhythm, painted with a subtle three-dimensional effect that brings the landscape to life. From the snow-laden willow a...
Wood, Paper
$3,800
H 72.05 in W 74.02 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Two-Panel Folding Screen, Nihonga Art, Camellias & Doves
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A refined two-panel folding screen depicting vivid red camellias blooming beside a pair of doves resting quietly on mossy ground. The artist captures the life of early spring with me...
Wood, Fabric, Silk
Set of Two Gilt Japanese Paintings
Located in Westwood, NJ
A set of two Japanese paintings, each with a hand gilt background depicting a Japanese Magnolia painted sans traverse across the two panels. The originals Japanese, circa 1900. Dime...
Wood, Giltwood
French Etched Glass Globe Bell Jar Lantern, Chapel Lantern, Late 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
One of kind antique hand blown clear etched glass three-light bell lantern with very elegant brass mounts, France, circa 1880-1890. The glass bowl and the upper glass plate are entir...
Brass
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Limestone
$1,995
H 5.52 in Dm 7.25 in
Rare Footed Art Deco Bronze Bowl by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s.
By Sune Bäckström, GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Ystad-Metall, Just Andersen
Located in Malmö, SE
A rare and elegant, footed Art Deco / Swedish Grace bronze bowl with amazing patina. In weighty quality. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Good original condition...
Bronze
$18,000
H 29.25 in W 119.75 in D 19.5 in
Large Ipe Wood Bench Modeled after the MTA Subway Bench, Brazil, c. 1970
Located in New York City, NY
Large Ipe wood bench modeled after the MTA subway bench. Made in Brazil circa 1970.
Ipe
$2,000
H 34.26 in W 25.4 in D 1.78 in
Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Copper Panel 1860s-1920s / Abstract Art
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an antique Japanese copper-clad panel, constructed from a wooden core covered with thin sheets of copper, each individually secured with numerous small rivets and nails. Its ...
Copper
$1,500
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in D 14.18 in
Japanese Antique Small Tansu 1860s-1920s / Cabinet Sideboard Wabi Sabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is a small antique Japanese Tansu. It is believed to have been made during the Meiji to Taisho periods, approximately the 1860s–1920s. The piece is crafted from Japanese cedar ...
Cedar
A Chinese 10-panel folding screen, C. 1940.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Each 17.5" wide panel is decorated on both sides with traditional lacquer, carved & painted motifs (the front featuring figures in a garden landscape and the reverse with various bi...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Lotus and Heron
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen, lotus and heron Colored mineral pigments on silver leaf on handmade mulberry paper.
$3,200
H 28.86 in W 31.7 in D 13.39 in
19th C Edo Japanese Antique Keyaki & Cedar black Urushi Tansu chest of drawers
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
This tansu chest of drawers is made from solid Keyaki & Sugi cedar boards. It is estimated to date from the late Edo period, circa 1820s–1860s, or the early to mid-19th century,...
Wood, Hardwood, Cedar
RARE VINTAGE RALPH LAUREN AMERICAN KiNG HUDSON STREET BED
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare Vintage Ralph Lauren American King Hudson Street Bed in rosewood-stained mahogany. A truly exceptional piece of furniture. Originally l...
Hardwood
$7,600Sale Price|58% Off
H 69 in W 113 in D 0.5 in
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
$4,800
H 68 in W 150 in D 0.75 in L 68 in
19th C. Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Chinese Official's Gathering
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screen depicting a large gathering of a Chinese official. The painting is set in a lovely garden terrace with a high-ranking Chinese...
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century Swedish Gray Painted Pine Wedding Cabinet
Located in Round Top, TX
Late 18th century Swedish wedding cabinet, crafted in pine with a newer professionally applied layered gray painted finish. Antique white undertones show through the lightly distress...
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.
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.