Skip to main content

Silver Byobu

Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Hawks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The hawks painting of this four-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Irises
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The irises painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

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
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Large Japanese 2-Panel Byôbu 屏風 'Room Divider' with Painting of Bamboo & a Poem
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Beautiful, large two-panel byôbu (room divider) with a serene painting of red-leaved bamboo and
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Other, Silver Leaf

Low Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A nice, low, very decorative 6-panel byôbu (folding screen) features a continuous genre painting
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Metal, 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
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Flowering Grasses of Autumn
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable late 19th century Meiji period Japanese four panel byobu screen featuring the flowering
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Rare Japanese Floor Screen of Perched Eagles Soga Shohaku Edo period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare six-panel Japanese folding floor screen (Byōbu) by Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781) from Edo period
Category

Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

19th Century Small Japanese Screen Pair, Pine Trees and Vines on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
of metallic leaf employed, with the inner section showing traces of silver or a similar substance
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

People Also Browsed

"Fit Side Table" Minimalist Travertine Cream Marble Side Table by Aparentment
By Josep Vila Capdevila
Located in Terrassa, Catalonia
The Fit Side Table is a minimalist style low table made of treated Travertine marble. This side table is composed by five marble pieces, all of them assembled in a logical and harmon...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Side Tables

Materials

Marble, Travertine

Giraffe dining Chair in Solid Brazilian Wood by Juliana Vasconcellos
By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
Located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
The Giraffe dining chair was designed with soft curves and slender, but with volume, bringing comfort and elegance. The base structure was thought with three feet. The upholstered se...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

Sasco Semi-Flush Mount Brass Light Fixture, Custom Finishes
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
The Sasco is a versatile custom-made solid brass and glass globe light fixture, which can be mounted on the ceiling or wall. Shown here in our factory brass, an uneven unfinished br...
Category

2010s American Flush Mount

Materials

Brass

Lana Dining Chair, Ivory Bouclé & Wood Chair by Christian Siriano
By Christian Siriano
Located in New York, NY
Made to order wood & bouclé dining chair designed by Christian Siriano. Fabric for seat/back cushion: Ivory Bouclé Base: Red oak Measures: Front seat width: 18” Back seat...
Category

2010s American Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Oak

Matte White Brutalist Sculptural Collage Artwork, Mural from Upcycled Wood
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
These MATTE WHITE collage tiles are composed randomly from recycled wood remnants and when installed bathe any space with a warm feeling and texture which is meditative, sanded to a ...
Category

2010s Mexican Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstaette Fabric Department Pendant, Re-Edition
By Woka Lamps, Wiener Werkstätte, Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
A simple but sensational fixture, designed by Josef Hoffmann, for the fabric department of the Wiener Werkstaette on Kaerntnerstrasse in Vienna. Style and color of the fabric custom-...
Category

2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Silk

'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile

Neoclassical Wrought Iron & Bronze Bench, France 1950's
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in New York, NY
Elegant bench in patinated wrought iron and bronze. The sabots are reminiscent of Giacometti's work for Jean-Michel Frank. 3 benches are available; the price is for one.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Benches

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Lennox Stool, Small Wood Stool by Christian Siriano
By Christian Siriano
Located in New York, NY
Made to order wood stool designed by Christian Siriano. Red oak Measure: Seat width: 12”.  
Category

2010s American Modern Stools

Materials

Oak

21st Century Contemporary Minimal White Velvet Bench With Black Lacquered Base
Located in Porto, PT
Fifih Bench is a luxury bench upholstered in velvet and wood base. A contemporary design bench is perfect for minimalist and modern interior architecture projects. Materials: Uphols...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches

Materials

Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood

Organic Modern Small Table Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE SMALL table lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant's Foot– for the prominent shape at its ba...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile, Wood

Edo Period Horagai Conch Shell Trumpet
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Rare and Beautiful Edo Period Horagai Conch Shell Trumpet. This rare and beautiful Horagai conch shell trumpet is a stunning example of Japanese craftsmanship. It is dated to the ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Scholar's Objects

Materials

Shell

Edo Period Horagai Conch Shell Trumpet
Edo Period Horagai Conch Shell Trumpet
Free Shipping
H 5.5 in W 7.8 in D 14.5 in
Oxbend Bench, Entryway Seat in Walnut Wood by Fernweh Woodworking
By Fernweh Woodworking
Located in Bend, OR
This entryway bench, designed by Justin Nelson for Fernweh Woodworking, evolved out of the Oxbend dining chair, leading also to a matching bar stool. The Oxbend Collection was born f...
Category

2010s American Scandinavian Modern Benches

Materials

Walnut

LU Louis Sconce AS
By Lumfardo Luminaires
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome LU Louis sconce AS. An all brass wall sconce in an aged silver finish with patterned perforations by Lumfardo Luminaires. Made contemporary in the US. Multiples available fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights a...

Materials

Nickel, Brass

LU Louis Sconce AS
LU Louis Sconce AS
H 10 in W 7 in D 7.875 in
Four Panel Gold Leaf Screen
Located in New York, NY
Showa period gouache and gold leaf Japanese screen. The 4 panels having original brass frame border and depicting a scene of foliage and birds. This is finely executed example has be...
Category

Early 20th Century Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Four Panel Gold Leaf Screen
Four Panel Gold Leaf Screen
H 36 in W 72 in D 1 in
Antique 19th Century Italian Hand Painted Pine Armoire, C.1850
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid-19th Century Italian beautiful and rustic painted pine armoire, decorated with a decorative pattern in white and grey, has its original lock and key. CONDITION In Good C...
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Pine

Recent Sales

Japanese Two-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Autumn Grasses
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese two-panel folding screen, or byobu, depicting hagi (bush clover) and obana (flowering
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Silver Leaf Screen from Japan
Located in New York, NY
Furosaki byobu - short screen used in Tea ceremony
Category

Vintage 1930s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Japanese Screen with Hawks
Located in New York, NY
Japanese folding paper screen (byobu) with painting of Hawks at the waters edge.
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Screen with Hawks
Japanese Screen with Hawks
H 53.5 in W 53 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Two-Sided Folding Byobu Silk Painted Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique Japanese two-sided folding byobu screen featuring paintings on silk depicting a garden scene
Category

20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Two-Panel Screen from the Kano School Byobu
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese two-panel screen from the Kano School Byobu, with silver leaf and rolling waves.
Category

Antique 1890s Japanese Paintings and Screens

Japanese Meiji Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare Japanese late Meiji period six panel byobu screen featuring large panels covered in squares of
Category

20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Silver Leaf Meiji Period Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese six-panel folding byobu screen featuring a hand-painted silver leaf finish
Category

20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Japan Silver Leaf Two-Panel Screen Grazing Horses, Taisho Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting "Grazing Horses," silver leaf and mineral ink
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen in Silver with Willow Leaf, Stream and Rocks Design
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This beautiful Japanese two panel screen features silver leaf and ink painting of stylised willow
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japan Silver Leaf Two-Panel Screen Three Grazing Horses, Taisho Period
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting three "Grazing Horses," silver leaf and mineral
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

GIBBONS; Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
GIBBONS; Meiji Period; Antique Japanese two panel screen (byobu) in sumi on paper; mounted in
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

GIBBONS; Meiji Period
H 67.5 in W 63.5 in
Japanese Four-Panel Showa Screen Quail Floral Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Japanese Showa period four-panel byobu screen depicting two quail. Set amid a floral
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper, Silk

Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen White Egrets in Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th century serene Japanese Meiji period four panel folding byobu screen featuring a flock of
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Four Panel Kano School Style Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting a lively flora and fauna
Category

20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Antique Screen Koi Fish Flowers Birds blue, red, green FREE SHIPPING
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting "serene Koi ply among flowers and birds" , ink
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Mid 19th Century Japanese Polychrome Paper Painted Room Divider
Located in IT
oxidized silver - Japan - period Bakumatsu. Six panels room-divider (byobu) with six individual
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Paper

Japanese "Treasure Rabbits" Two-Panel Screen Taisho Period, 1915
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a beautiful and unusual two-panel screen Byobu with seven hand embroidered Rabbits including
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Japanese "Treasure Rabbits" Two-Panel Screen Taisho Period, 1915
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a beautiful and unusual two-panel screen Byobu with seven hand embroidered Rabbits including
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Important Japanese "Moon Rabbits" Two-Panel Screen Taisho Period, 1915
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a beautiful and unusual two-panel screen Byobu with nine hand embroidered Rabbits including
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Japanese Four-Panel Silver Gilt Byobu Table Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Japanese silver gilt byobu four-panel folding table screen featuring a metallic silver
Category

20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Japanese Silver Leaf Byobu Screen with Bamboo and Finches, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Japanese two-panel byobu screen displays a serene landscape of two young bamboo culms against a silver leaf
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver

Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Hawks Painting Watercolor Silver Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
mounted on squares of silver leaf, which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed
Category

2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Rice Paper

19th Century Japanese Four-Panel Silver Gilt Byobu Table or Wall Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century Japanese four-panel silver gilt byobu table or wall screen.
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Byobu Japan Screen green white peonies Showa Signed
By Japanese Studio
Located in Valladolid, ES
Byobu, Folding screen, Room divider 屏風 (Byôbu) - Lacquered wood, Paper, Gold leaf - Flowers
Category

Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Featuring Happy Monk
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous tall two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a colorfully clad happy monk with
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Byobu Screen Spring Floral and Fauna
Located in Rio Vista, CA
screen. The painting is bordered with a silver gilt that has beautifully faded over time and the screen
Category

20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Showa Byobu Nature Pagoda Landscape Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Japanese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Showa Siver Screen Yellow Birds Goldfinch Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding silver leaf screen depicting a nature scene with
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Pair of Japanese folding screens (byôbu) of poets from ‘Hyakunin isshu’ 百人一首
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A magnificent pair of large six-panel byôbu (folding screens) with a detailed painting on gold- and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Four Panel Screen Irises on Silver Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese four panel Byobu screen featuring hand painted irises on squares of metallic
Category

20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Japanese Persimmon Tree Silver Gilt Moriage Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese four panel silver gilt folding screen of a Persimmon tree made in the low
Category

20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Japanese Large 6-Panel Room Divider with a Painting on Silver Leaf of Herons
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Attractive and large Japanese six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a refined painting on oxidized
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf, Metal

Japanese Four Panel Screen Prunus Tree on Silver Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Unique Japanese four-panel folding byobu screen featuring a flowering prunus or plum tree over a
Category

20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Fine Antique Sumi Ink and Silver Screen, 6 Horses
Located in South Burlington, VT
fine six-panel screen Byobu depicting 6 magnificent horses executed in black sumi ink on a silver
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Robert Crowder Chinoiserie Four Panel Screen Flora and Fauna
By Robert Crowder
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning chinoiserie flora and fauna four-panel folding byobu style screen by Robert Crowder
Category

20th Century American Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Edo Period Four Panel Screen Flowering Peony
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary Japanese Edo period four-panel byobu screen depicting flowering peony and Chinese
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Small Antique Gold Sakura Tree Hand-Painted Screen, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
six-panel folding screen byobu conceived in a convenient size 18 inches high and 43.5 inches length
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper, Textile

Japan Small Folding Two-Panel Tea Screen Depicting "Lillies and Lotus"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan folding two-panel tea screen byobu depicting "Lillies and lotus," silver leaf and mineral ink
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
Each screen similarly decorated with gold and silver fans painted with flowers, fruits and other
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver

Japanese Ginpaku Screen
Located in Bainbridge Island, WA
Six panels Silver leafed folding screen (byobu) with black laquered wood edging.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Ginpaku Screen
Japanese Ginpaku Screen
H 68 in W 137 in D 1 in
Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Silver Byobu", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Silver Byobu For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic silver byobu available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and silver leaf, every silver byobu was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer silver byobu, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Komuro Suiun each produced at least one beautiful silver byobu that is worth considering.

How Much is a Silver Byobu?

A silver byobu can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $5,747, while the lowest priced sells for $3,071 and the highest can go for as much as $16,800.

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.