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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Tall 6-panel byôbu with phoenixes attributed to Kanô Isen’in Naganobu
By Kano Isen'in Naganobu
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exquisite, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) featuring a painting attributed to Kanô Isen’in Naganobu (1775–1828) depicting a pair of phoenixes (hô’ô) and a section of a large...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Tall 6-panel byôbu with phoenixes attributed to Kanô Isen’in Naganobu
By Kano Isen'in Naganobu
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A superb, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) featuring a painting attributed to Kanô Isen’in Naganobu (1775–1828) depicting a family of phoenixes (hô’ô) gathered beneath the shelt...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Circa 1900 Japanese Pine Screen Pair. Aged Dragons by Suzuki Shonen.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Suzuki Shonen (1848-1918)
Aged Dragons
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 170 cm x 378 cm (67" x 149")
As with the pair...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Flowers of the Four Seasons
A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf.
This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Chinese Eight Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Chinese eight panel coromandel screen composed of wood and lacquer. This screen depicts daily life on one side and a landscape with birds and fauna on the other side.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Momoyama period Japanese Screen. Crows on Pine. Studio of Hasegawa Tohaku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Studio of Hasegawa Tohaku (1539-1610)
“Crows on Pine”
Momoyama period. Early 17th Century.
A six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink on paper.
The early 17th century Momoyama period scree...
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Early 17th Century Japanese Medieval Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Mountain Landscape Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape scene with a small village and boats on the shimmering water. The dark, rich colors, gold leaf, and ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Fruiting Pomegranate Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite mid-20th century Showa period four panel folding byobu screen featuring a fruiting pomegranate tree over a dramatic cream toned background. Vivid ink and natural pigment co...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Edo Screen Portraits of the Thirty Six Immortal Poets
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting 19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting the thirty six immortals of poetry (Sanjurokkasen). Each portrait is accompanied by their poems. The poe...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Antique Balinese Kamasan painting, rendered on handwoven cotton, beautifully captures the timeless elegance of classical Wayang-style storytellin...
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Early 1900s Balinese Folk Art Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Japanese Matching Set of Two Fine Birds And Dragonfly Shoji Doors Screens
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine set of two shoji "Birds and Dragonfly" bamboo doors or screens recently acquired from a Japanese private collector. The hand carved boards are artistically cut and ins...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Pair of 18th Century Japanese Edo Screens of Chinese Immortals
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mesmerizing pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period byobu screens by Shibata Gito (Japanese 1780-1819). The paintings depict Chinese immortals in a dreamy landscape....
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning 20th century Chinese export lacquered six-panel coromandel screen depicting a lush courtyard over a dramatic gold leaf ground. The lacquered panels are incised and painted w...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crowned Crane Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese/Chinese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with a flock of playful red crown cranes (likely Manchurian cranes), a flowing river, an...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique Indian Mughal Painting of a Couple in Erotic Embrace, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a gouache and gold miniature painting on paper of an amorous couple on a veranda set against a mountain and lake background.
The male dressed in a princely attire is ...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$740 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional 20th century Chinese export six panel coromandel screen featuring a busy idyllic courtyard scene with a dramatic gilt background. The screen has six panels lacquered and ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
18th Century Japanese Rinpa Screen. White Chrysanthemums. School of Korin.
Located in Kyoto, JP
School of Ogata Korin
White Chrysanthemums
18th Century, Edo period.
A two-panel Japanese screen. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: H. 171 cm x W. 188 cm (67.5” x 74”)
On this two-panel Japanese screen we see blooming chrysanthemums, a flower which embodies the essence of autumn in Japan. Here the traditional floral theme has been simplified and stylized. The bright colors and asymmetrical composition against the delicate gold leaf create a luxurious and ornate work of art. Its background, a strikingly patinated grid of gold leaf, denies any sense of place or time and imbues everything with an ethereal glow. The leaves and stems of the plants are nothing more than pools of mottled color and ink without any outline whatsoever. These are typical Rinpa adaptations of traditional ink painting methods; tarashikomi, or diluted washes of color blended while very wet, and mokkotsu, or “bonelessness,” which creates forms without exterior outlines. The relief work of the rounded flower petals has been obtained by the moriage process (a mixture based on ground shells modeled on the surface of the paper).
On the lower right of the screen, the siganture “Hokyo Korin Jakumyo” and the “Hoshuku” seal can be read. Korin is Ogata Korin, famed for the Irises (Nezu Museum) and Red and White Plum Blossom (MOA Museum of Art) folding screens, both National Treasures. Korin worked in both Kyoto and Edo in the mid-Edo period. Korin was using the art name “Jakumyo” just after he received the Hokyo level, which was in 1701.
This particular screen was published in May of 1961 in the Japanese Sansai Fine Art Magazine*. An in depth article accompanies the photograph of the screen and and a photograph of the signature and seal. This article devotes much of its body to discussing the moriage technique, how it enlivens the chrysanthemum flowers and Korin’s specific skill in using the technique. The article goes on to discuss the most famous works of Korin, utilizing this technique, which were known at the time. Specifically a two-panel screen held in the Honolulu Museum which was discovered in the store-house of Takahashi Soan. A two-panel screen pair which the Nakano family own. A two-panel screen pair with chrysanthemums in moriage in fan designs owned by the Nomura family. Also a small folding screen featuring chrysanthemums held in the Yamato Bunkakan. The article goes on to say that this particular two-fold screen came from the Nijo family. Korin is known to have had a strong connection with the aristocratic Nijo family. The article explains that Korin received a lot of favors from the Nijo family and that this screen would have been gifted to them.
Since that time the Honolulu screen has been amended to ‘attributed to Ogata Korin’ and I do not know further details of the other 3 screens. Other Chrysanthemum screens...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Eight Panel Folding Table Screen Landscapes Poems
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Chinese Qing style 20th century eight panel folding table screen. The panels each features an idyllic landscape scene with a Chinese poem and artist seal. The reverse sid...
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20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Tales of Genji on Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 20th century Japanese showa period six panel byobu screen depicting an artistic reinterpretation of a scene from the tales or Genji Monogatari. The miniature style of the paint...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Pair of Japanese Meiji Screens Blossoms of Spring, Summer and Autumn
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of late 19th/early 20th century Japanese Meiji period byobu screens depicting flowering plants and blossoms of the spring, summer, and autumn. Painted in the Nihonga sch...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Vintage Chinese Large Hand Painted Birds and Flowers Fan/ Screen
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1746 Vintage Chinese hand painted oversized fan / screen with colorful flowers and blue birds
Folded size 45x4x3"
Category
1960s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Paint, Bamboo
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Flowering Autumn Plants
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese 19th century meiji period two panel folding byobu screen. The screen features flowering autumn plants and grasses: chrysanthemum, brush clover, Chinese bellflowe...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Edo period Japanese Screen. Tiger and Pine by Kishi Ganku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kishi Ganku (1749/1756-1838)
Tiger and Pine
A six-panel Japanese Screen. Ink on silver leaf.
The central focus of this Japanese screen is a large tiger, emerging from shadow, crou...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Lotus And Blue Waters Screen Vibrant Colors
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions- Hard to Find Lotus Flowers
A stunning Japanese Antique Hand Painted six panel byobu screen on silk executed with lovely lotus flowers and vib...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Japanese Inspired Screen Black Silk With Gold Embroidery
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This beautifully crafted folding screen (paravan) with a classic and elegant design, featuring three panels connected by hinges.
The dark almost black fabric is decorated with intri...
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Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Edo Two Panel Screen Meandering Stream with Birds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Weathered Japanese late 18th century Edo period two-panel byobu screen depicting a meandering stream with sparrows in flight. Crafted with natural ink and color pigments on mulberry ...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Rare Antique Pair Hand Painted Birds And Blue Waters Wedding screens
Located in South Burlington, VT
A lovely antique pair (2) Japanese hand-painted six-panel folding screens byobu- each conceived in an attractive birds, trees, and blue waters motif. Likely given as a wedding gift...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Chinese Ancestor Reverse Paintings on Glass
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5091 Pair ancestor reverse paintings on glass set in wood frames
Category
1940s Asian Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Hardwood, Paint
$1,400 / set
Pair of Red and White Plum Blossom Screens After Ogata Korin
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of 18th century Edo period style paintings of red and white plum blossoms after Ogata Korin (Japanese 1658-1716). One of the most famous paintings in Japan where it is r...
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20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Circa 1700 Japanese Sliding Door (Fusuma) Set. Pine Trees on the Seashore.
Located in Kyoto, JP
"Pine Trees on the Seashore"
A set of four sliding doors (Japanese fusuma). Ink, color, gold-leaf and gold-fleck on paper.
Dimensions (total display si...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid 19th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shioka Sorin (1781-1850)
Flowers & Birds of the Four Seasons
Pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink, gofun and pigments on silk.
Dimensions (each screen): H. 91.5cm x W. 285cm (3...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
17th Century Japanese Screen. View of West Lake by Unkoku Toyo.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toyo (1612-1668)
View of West Lake
Pair of eight-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold wash on paper.
Dimensions: Each screen: H. 110 cm x W. 372 cm (43” x 147”)
This pair ...
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Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
B14 Japanese Antiques 2panels, silk, folding Screen with Gold basGold base
Located in Niiza, JP
Red plum
Material: Silk on wooden frame
One piece: W685×H1520mm×D20mm,
Unfolded size: W1370mm
Folded size: W685×H1520×D40mm, 6kg
Packaging (sandwiched with 5mm plywood): 10cm x 77cm ...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Mid 19th Century Framed Japanese Painting. Mice & Millet
Located in Kyoto, JP
Obata Tosho (1812-1886)
Mice & Millet
Late Edo period, mid 19th Century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink and color on paper.
Individually framed 19th century bird and flower paintin...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Asian Four Individual Panel Wall Screen With Embossed Birds and Flowers
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1763 Four individual embossed hand painted wall panels/screen
each panel 14x36"
Birds and flowers
Category
1960s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood
Circa 1920. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Dahlias & Cockscomb.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kawabe Kasho (b.1892)
Dahlias & Cockscomb
Taisho era. Circa 1920
Two-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigments and ink on silk.
This exquisite two-panel Japanese folding screen, pa...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Japanese Nihonga Screen. Bamboo Forest.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Bamboo Forest
Early Taisho era. Circa 1910-1915.
Six-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigment, gofun and ink on silk.
A six-panel Japanese folding screen, painted on silk in...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Fine Antique Pair Gilt Bronze Mandarin Duck Screen Holders
Located in South Burlington, VT
Best Quality, Hard To Find, complete with antique wooden collector box tomobako
A fine pair (2) of Japanese antique hand cast gilt bronze Mandarin Duck screen holders with highly d...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
B2 Japanese Antiques Kano School, 6panel folding screen, Pine Tree and Pheasant
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, Wooden Frame
Single: W600×H1760mm
Unfolded Size: W3640mm 12kg
Folded Size: W620×H1760×D100mm
Estimated packaging (sandwiched with 5mm plywood):
21cm x 72cm x 185cm...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Shunga Hand-Scroll, Katsukawa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Shunga
Unknown artist
Meiji era, circa 1880
Hand-scroll mounted with 12 paintings
Ink, pigment and gofun on silk
Dimensions:
Each image measures H. 23.2 cm x W. 34.4 cm (9.15” x 13.5”)
The hand-scroll measures H. 28 cm x W. 540 cm (11” x 212”)
A set of 12 late 19th century Japanese Shunga paintings mounted as a hand-scroll. Two of the leaves bear the signature and seal ‘Setsuzan’, although we are unable to confirm the identity of the artist using this art name. 6 of the 12 images are taken almost directly from Katsukawa Shuncho’s late 18th century woodblock series, ‘Erotic Pictures...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed ground, the lichen covered trunk and branches of the life-sized cherry blossom tree reach out and beyond the confines of the pictorial surface. The overall composition has a feeling of flatness which draws emphasis to the surface and the three-dimensionality of the cherry blossoms. Painstakingly built-up layers of thickly applied shell-white gofun detail the voluminous blossoms and cover large areas of this tour-de-force of Japanese Nihonga painting. By simplifying the background, minimizing the number of colors and depicting the blossoms with such heavy relief, the artist has emphasized the stunning presence of the cherry tree. The type of tree depicted is the Yae-Zakura; a double-layered type of cherry blossom famed for its beauty and strength. When we think of Japanese cherry blossoms, the first thing that comes to mind is Somei Yoshino variety, which has a single flower with five almost white petals. This type is fragile and easily blown away by strong wind or rain. Most of the double-flowered cherry blossoms begin to bloom when the Somei-Yoshino falls, and the flowering period lasts longer than that of the Somei-Yoshino.
Kano Sanrakuki originally studied painting at the Kyoto City Arts and Crafts School under the tutelage of Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Kano School Four Panel Screen Birds and Owl
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing 19th century Japanese Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring painted panels depicting egrets, heron, pheasants, songbirds, and an owl. Painted with ink and natural co...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid 18th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Crows & Pines by Unkoku Toshuku.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toshuku (1722-1779)
Crows and Pines
A pair of six-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold leaf on paper.
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 170.5 cm x W. 375 cm
Haha-cho or mynah birds, whose forms resemble crows in artwork, were commonly depicted in Japanese art. These types of paintings were originally modeled on paintings attributed to the 13th century Chinese painter Muqi (Mokkei), whose art was enormously influential in Japan. Crows only became a theme among Japanese artists from the later 1500s onward. They likely were inspired by these imported Chinese paintings of myna birds, which are not native to Japan, substituting the native species of crow instead.
The best known early examples of the depiction of Japanese crows are two Momoyama screen...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Fine Pair Arts And Crafts Shoji Door Screens
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine pair of two simple shoji bamboo doors or screens creating an arts and crafts look. The pair are hinged together for convenient display with attractive portals above; ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
19th century Chinese silk two panel screen
Located in Malton, GB
This is a lovely piece of wall art made from a totally original 2 panelled 19th century Chinese silk screen. Salvaged from a Stately home in typica...
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19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
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...
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Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Balinese Traditional Painting by W. Erawati
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Balinese Traditional Painting, acrylics on canvas by W. Erawati. The scene depicts a dense composition of village life just outside of a temple on a festival day with the numerous fi...
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Late 20th Century Balinese Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Circa 1700 Japanese Screen Pair, Cranes & Pines, Kyoto Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Pines and Cranes
Anonymous. Kyoto Kano School.
Late 17th/early 18th centuries, circa 1700.
Pair of six-panel Japanese folding screens.
Ink, gofun, pigment and gold leaf on paper.
This bold composition presents two pine trees extending to the left and right across a gold leaf background. One tree is silhouetted against a green ground, golden clouds obscuring its true size, the other stretches across a stylized waterway. The pines are paired with Manchurian cranes with red crests and snow white plumage. Both have been highly auspicious motifs in East Asia since Chinese antiquity. Here the artist utilized fluid and instinctive ink brushstrokes to define the trunk, branches and tail feathers, in strong contrast to the precision and sharp angularity of the crane’s legs and beaks. The adoption of this vast metallic painting support required an unerring sense of design and composition, so that the negative space surrounding motifs could imply context for the otherwise floating pictorial elements. The brushwork detailing the trunks of the pines, the exaggerated dimensions of the pine trees and the strength and dynamism of the composition are all reminiscent of Kano Eitoku...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a scene from the Classic Japanese narrative "Tales of the Genji". The vibrant, rich colors, gold leaf, and beautiful han...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Grand Chinese Export Eight Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export eight panel coromandel double sided screen depicting Han Palace on the front side. The screen features heavily lacquered panels incised with color pigments an...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ancestor Portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese ancestor portrait of a Mandarin Dignitary.
Antique tempera on paper painting of a Mandarin Dignitary wearing a red court dress and s...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Framed Japanese Painting. Snail, Wasp & Hollyhock.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Obata Tosho (1812-1886)
Snail, Wasp & Hollyhock
Late Edo period, mid 19th Century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink and color on paper.
Individually framed 19th century bird and flow...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Large Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Glass, the Beauty
Located in Norton, MA
Large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse glass painting, depicting the beauty of traditional Chinese customs and clothing decorations on the noblewomen. The paintings come with their original hardwood frame and the old pins...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Tales of the Genji
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene from the classic Japanese narrative "Tales of the Genji" featuring Lady Murasaki the Japanese novelist...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Edo Screen Kano School Isle of Immortals
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating 19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting the Isle of Immortals. The painting features white Manchurian cranes among pines and flowering plum cent...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Coromandel Lacquer and Gilt Six Fold Screen
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Export Coromandel lacquer and gilt six fold screen.
Exceptional and rare six panel intaglio lacquer carving from the mid-20th century. It depi...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Modern Chinese Four Panel Screen, Roomdivider with Landscape & Birds
Located in Antwerp, BE
Impressive Chinese set of four panels decorated at both sides. Two adjustable panels lacquered walnut screen featuring hand-carved exotic lacquered birds and trees in a floral landsc...
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1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$7,523 Sale Price
20% Off
Byobu - Japanese Screen "Kano School" Gold Leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese Kano School Six Panel Screen: Landscape with Beautiful and Elegant Cranes near the River, with Pines and Sakura.
Hand painted with mineral pigments and inks on vegetable pap...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
B15 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver foil folding screen
Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame
1 piece: Width 595 x Height 1740 x Depth 18 mm
Expanded size: Width 3610 mm
Folded size: Width 615 x Height 1740 x D...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
20th Century Black Chinese Lacquered Wood Screen, Vintage Room Divider
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black, vintage Chinese screen made of hand crafted lacquered wood, in good condition. The large, detailed Chinoiserie style room divider is co...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Asian Paintings and Screens
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.