Japanese Two Panel Screen: Summer Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Screen depicts Summer flowers and birds on gilded silk.
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Summer Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Screen depicts Summer flowers and birds on gilded silk.
Silk
Pair of Chinese Watercolour on Silk Paintings, China, c.1940
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese watercolour on silk paintings, China, C.1940. Framed in its original silk brocade border. Presented unframed. In excellent vintage condition.
Silk, Paint
Japanese Silk Scroll Painting of Moneys Edo Period Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese mounted vertical hanging scroll painting by Mori Tetsuzan (Japanese, 1775-1841) circa 19th century Edo period. The watercolor and ink on silk painting depicts a family of ...
Silk, Paper
Framed Chinese Gouache on Silk "Birds of Paradise & Lilies" Painting C.1970
Located in London, GB
Chinese Gouache on Silk "Birds of Paradise & Lilies" Painting C.1970 Decorative hand-painted silk panel depicting a pair of long-tailed sunbirds Chinese "birds of paradise" perc...
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Rural Mountain Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Finished with black lacquer trim, pewter mounts, and a silk brocade border, the screen exemplifies the quiet elegance and refined brushwork that distinguished Japanese landscape pain...
Gold, Pewter
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Floral Tarashikomi
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments and ink on silver with a silk brocade border and wooden trim. Tarashikomi (meaning "dripping in") is a Japanese painting technique, in which a second layer of paint ...
Silver
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ikebana
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully painted basket arrangement of flowers in vivid color. Mineral pigments on applied silver and gold in a silk brocade border with black lacquer trim.
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Summer Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Landscape with summer flowers and waterfall with a family of pheasants. Mineral pigments and gold dust on gold leaf with silk brocade boarder and black lacquer trim with bronze hardw...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Beach Party
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim.
Brocade, Silk, Lacquer
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Turtles & Azalea
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & flowers of the seasons Pheasants & plum in snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Kano Chikanobu 1819-1888 Signature: Chikanobu Seal: Shateki ...
Silk
19th Century Japanese Silk Painting by Kano Chikanobu, Peacock & Bamboo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Birds & Flowers of the Seasons Pheasants & Plum in Snow Unframed painting. Ink, pigment and gofun on silk Kano Chikanobu 1819-1888 Signature: Chikanobu Seal: Shateki ...
Silk
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Spring Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...
Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Viewing
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Moon Viewing, painting of two noblewomen admiring the full moon outdoors. Extremely sophisticated execution of painting overlapping patterns and drapery. M...
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Abstract Water Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Very unusual, early painting, possibly used architectually in fusuma, later mounted to be used as a furosaki screen (for tea ceremony).
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Gold Lattice
Located in Hudson, NY
Embossed gold paper in a lattice design with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware.
Gold, Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Horses in Stable
Located in Hudson, NY
The screen bears a seal that reads "Kinran zu ga"
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Country Farm
Located in Hudson, NY
Unusual subject matter of a rural farm setting with grasses and pine in mineral pigments on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with bronze hardware. Signature and...
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Garden Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Bamboo, chrysanthemums and garden stone in mineral pigments on a gold silk ground. Black lacquer trim with well patinaed bronze hardware. Signature and seals read: Seido Senshi
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Horse Roundup
Located in Hudson, NY
Interesting and unusual subject matter, Tosa School painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Gold Leaf
Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A large Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna, represented in multiple places with female Gopis dancing and offering, great colors, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest ...
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Woodland Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
Foraging deer under hinoki tree in an autumn setting. Mineral pigments on heavy gold leaf with good veining on paper. Silk brocade border with a black lacquer trim and elaborate bron...
Bronze
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Wading Deer
Located in Hudson, NY
In Japan, it is a Shinto belief that the deer is a treasured and sacred animal. This admirable scene captures this gentle creature in its natural habitat with beautiful detail in bot...
Silk, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Genpei Warriors
Located in Hudson, NY
Tosa School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with gold dust and a silk brocade border.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Garden Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully painted garden lanscape with red and white azalias, old wisteria vine in bloom with doves. Mineral pigments on silk with black lacquer trim and beautiful bronze hardware....
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Courtiers Festival
Located in Hudson, NY
Courtiers are those that are in attendance at a royal court. Beautifuly painted court figures in procession with ancient musical instruments. Tosa School painting in mineral pigments...
Gold Leaf
19th c. Japanese Shunga Painting on Silk, Edo Period, Erotic Art, original box
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A hand-painted (nikuhitsu) shunga composition on silk, depicting an intimate scene in the tradition of Japanese "pillow pictures" (makura-e). Executed in the ukiyo-e style, the work ...
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Rimpa Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
with gold flake design. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper, with silk brocade border, and red negoro style lacquer trim.
Gold
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems
Located in Hudson, NY
Four individual mounted panels of calligraphy. Each panel contains a poem inspired by one of the four seasons. Each panel signed: To Rei. Ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border.
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Egrets and Willow
Located in Hudson, NY
Very early Unkoku school painting of a flock of egrets, willow, plum and other various birds alongside a rushing river. Softly painted in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a si...
Gold
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Hibiscus In Bloom
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hibiscus in Bloom, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of hibiscus flowers reaching for the sun in full bloom.
Silk, Wood, Paper
Antique Jiang Jun Chinese Peony Peach Blossom Watercolor on Silk Painting 44"
Located in Dayton, OH
Circa early 20th century, Qing dynasty Jiang Jun Chinese chinoiserie watercolor scroll painting on silk showing branching stems of pink and white peonies and peach blossoms. Calligra...
Silk, Hardwood, Paint
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Flowering Cherry Blossom
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Crafted in the Nihonga School, 20th century and signed: Shunho/Shunpo 春浦 by the artist on the bottom left side. The painting features delicate florals in white against a dramatic cre...
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Rocky Seascape
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim.
Brocade, Silk, Paper
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. Mineral pigments, ink and gofun on silk Signed: Daizaburo Dimensions (framed)...
Wood, Silk
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Family of Chickens
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of rooster, hen, and chicks in mineral pigments and ink on mulberry paper with silk brocade border. Signed Soken.
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Scotties Under Roses
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Snowy Mountain Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Engaging winter scene of plains and mountains in mineral pigments on paper. Silk brocade border and dark brown lacquer trim with bronze hardware. Signature and seal read: Taniguchi H...
Bronze
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Karako 'Chinese Children'
Located in Hudson, NY
Children at play in a Chinese palace garden, a favorite subject of Japanese painters. Kano School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with silk brocade border. Original br...
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ikebana 'Flower Arrangement'
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigment on gold silk. Signature reads: Nana Keicho Ho, Shinsho, Gachu ; Seal reads: Soju ; Seal on reverse reads: Koto Fusai.
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pine on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese red pine tree in sumi-e ink on gold with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Tosa Mitsutake. Notes about the artist: Tosa Mitsutake (1844–1...
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pine on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese red pine tree in sumi-e ink on gold with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Signature and seal read: Tosa Mitsutake. Notes about the artist: Tosa Mitsutake (184...
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Falling Cherry Blossoms
Located in Hudson, NY
A wild landscape of rolling hills, cherry trees, willow and pines with cherry blossoms dropping their petals. Beautifully executed use of gold leaf with good veining and gold dust cr...
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Harimaze Decoupage Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Incredible pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period six panel folding byobu screens featuring Harimaze decoupage, applied paintings and drawing.
Gold Leaf
Framed Japanese Painting on Silk, Flowers In Basket , Japan, Showa Period C.1930
Located in London, GB
Framed Japanese Painting on Silk, Flowers In Basket , Japan, Showa Period C.1930 Present in excellent condition commensurate of age
Silk
Framed Pair of Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Ancestor Paintings on Silk
Located in Morristown, NJ
Antique pair of Qing dynasty ancestor portraits depicting a male and a female. Hand painted on silk and framed under glass within a large textured silk border. The glass made it diff...
Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint
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 is called Chaekgeori (books and things) which is quite unique to Korea. It became po...
Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sudare on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
This elegant Japanese two-panel screen masterfully combines traditional materials with striking minimalist composition. The screen features a dazzling and luminous background of gold...
Brocade, Silk, Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: White Peafowl in Courtship Display
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature and seal read Nakajima Kōshō, a Hiroshima-born painter and student of Tanaka Raishō, the screen is finished with a silk brocade border and natural wood trim, exemplifying t...
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Kanzan and Jittoku
Located in Hudson, NY
Prominent figures in Japanese folklore. The Chinese poet-sage Kanzan is depicted with his scroll, and the Daoist sage Jittoku with his broom. Painting bears two seals of Nakanuma Sho...
Gold
K30 Japanese Antiques two painting hanging scrolls, wind god thunder god on silk
Located in Niiza, JP
Paint on silk, Scroll head: wood Image size: 325(W) x 940(H) [mm] Scroll mounting: 440(W) x 1820(H) [mm] Box size: 160×90×550㎜ 1400g Estimated packing size: 200(W) x 150(H) x 650(D...
Silk
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ikebana on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Ikebana on gold. Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a basket with beautifully arranged spring flowers in the style of ikebana (Japanese traditional flowe...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Dancing Figures
Located in Hudson, NY
People dressed in ceremonial robes and masks celebrate the New Year. On New Year's eve a traditional Japanese custom is to ward off evil spirits by pretending to chase away people w...
Gold, Gold Leaf
Pair of Signed Antique Chinese Watercolour Silk Paintings of Geisha Girl Flowers
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of antique circa 1920’s Chinese Export hand painted on silk paintings depicting a Geisha girl and a floral scene with butterfly. ...
Silk
18th C. Inscribed Silk Painting of Fudo Myoo Acala / Buddhist Art Zen Wabisabi
Located in 足利市, JP
A magnificent 18th-century Mid Edo-period Buddhist hanging silk painting (Butsuga), expertly mounted in a contemporary custom exhibition frame. The painting masterfully portrays Fud...
Silk, Glass, Organic Material, Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pine in Snow
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano School, Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border and lacquer wood trim.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Higashiyama Hills in Autumn
Located in Hudson, NY
Higashiyama hills outside of Kyoto in the height of autumn in mineral pigments on silk. Dark brown lacquer trim with bronze mounts. Signature and seal read: Shinsai
Bronze
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Waves on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink on gold leaf with a silk brocade border. Signature reads: Nakajima Raishou (1796-1872). Student of Maruyama Okyo (one of Japan's most famous artists).
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: View of Nagasaki City
Located in Hudson, NY
A Tosa School painting showing the hustle and bustle of the city including 3 dutchmen strolling. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. From t...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo and Manchurian Crane
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano style painting in mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocade border.
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Bamboo grove on a knoll with stylized gold mist. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Gold Leaf
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.
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