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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Dahlias and Roosters, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Tanaka Tessen (b.1890)
Dahlias and Roosters
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments and ink on silk.
Dimensions (framed):
H. 159 cm x W. 97 cm x D. 2.5 cm (62.5” x 38” x 1”)
An ornate and complex composition in which the artist explores almost the entire painting surface. The coloration is bold and evocative and the tinted silk ground recreates the warm golden glow of sunset. Soft, luminous brushwork details the black feathers of the roosters, which seem to cloud and blur in counterpoint to the sharper points of the eyes and beaks. Their brilliant red combs balance the composition, echoing the rich burgundy hues of the dahlias; the flowers exquisite and lifelike. Dahlias were an exotic subject favored by painters of the Taisho era.
The painting belongs to the school of Kyoto Nihonga, exemplifying the principles of decorative elegance and consumate brush technique with which it was intimately associated. Painters of the time relied on the Shijo school method, basing the forms of the composition from life sketches. Sometimes they were then integrated with elements derived from Chinese bird and flower...
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1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
Six-panel gold leaf screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Large Japanese six-panel screen, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper, depicting three scenes from Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), the vignettes punctuated by raised golden...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Chrysanthemums Over Twig Fence
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigment and gold dust on mulberry paper. Silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. From the collection of Moke Mokotoff
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Japanese Contemporary Framed Brocade Silk Handcrafted Oshie Decorative Art, 2
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary unique Japanese Contemporary large framed and signed traditional Oshie decorative art piece in black and cream, known as oshie (literally, “pressed pictures”) that goes back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It is said this art form was born of the reluctance of ladies of the court and elite aristrocratic women to discard the magnificent silk kimonos and brocaded obi they had donned for a lifetime. The solution was to recycle these opulent fabrics into stunning works of art. The creator of this signed piece prides herself in using the best antique and vintage kimono and obi fabrics...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Elegant Horse Screen. In style of Kano Tanshin
By Kano Tanshin
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Ink on gold.
This continuation of equine grace unfolds across a stunning gold-leaf backdrop, capturing the essence of nobility that horses represent in Japanese lore.
The screen de...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Antiques Suzuki Kiryu(鈴木冀龍), Tiger painting , Framed on Paper
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: frame/Acrylic and cloth , ink on paper
There is very little information available
about this artist.
He is from Oita, so it is likely that he is a member of
the Nagasak...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique pair of Chinese reverse painted pictures, the Emperor and Empress C 1920
Located in Central England, GB
A very decorative rich and colourful pair of pictures are hand painted in reverse on panes of glass. This is a very difficult and highly skilled process where the finest detailing has to be painted first unlike traditional artwork. Both pictures show very similar images, one of the Emperor and the other of the Empress both wearing fabulous elaborately decorated silk gowns. They are seated on an impressive throne chair with white marble carved elephants on blue stands in the background standing on a detailed tiled floor.
These superb paintings are displayed in their original carved hardwood frames with a black lacquered finish. The backs are panelled and held in place with neat rectangular wooden pegs.
On the back, there appears to be old chalked detail from an auction or saleroom, Hinkley, lot 37 library.
The frames have decorative cast brass hanging plates...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Japanese screen two-panel
Located in Brescia, IT
Eagle on a pine branch with traces of white snow.
A rare subject for this mid-century two-panel screen, painted in mineral pigments on gilded paper.
The screen is a nice size and is ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Vintage Japanese Fine Art Painting Water Lillies Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
A fine Japanese Fine Art drawing of water lilies by Toru Suzuki
Acrylic Crayon mixed media,
Beautiful and elegant example
Ex Gallery Kabtoya Tok...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Early Kano School painting of pine trees overlooking two beautifully painted cranes and floral design in a natural setting by water’s edge. Mineral pig...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
Late Edo Period Rinpa School Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen
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)
SKU: PTA13
This exquisite late Edo period Rinpa ...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Kyoto Embroidered Screen
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a finely stitched Kyoto embroidery screen that dates to the Meiji Era (1868 - 1912). Kyoto has been celebrated for its skilled artistic embro...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Three Matted and Framed Chinese Silk Paintings of Women
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A set of three framed and matted Chinese silk paintings of women. The focal point of each composition is a single woman or two women, adorned in a ...
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20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
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 ...
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19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Gaboku Ogawa 'Abstract Japanese Calligraphy' MOMA 1953
Located in Sharon, CT
A very important work, both historically and aesthetically-"Getting madly drunk out of an earthenware goblet", by Gaboku Ogawa c.1953,
exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art show "Abstract Japanese...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Chinese six-panel lacquer screen.
This lovely and versatile screen is in the great style of Coco Chanel who loved to decorate with Coromandel s...
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Vintage Japanese Ukiyo-e Print of Kinkaku-ji in Snow by Tokuriki Tomikichiro
By Tokuriki Tomikichiro 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Japanese woodblock print.
Entitled "Kinkaku-ji in Snow".
By Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902 - 1999). Tokuriki came from a...
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1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
19th-Century Bird Portrait: Timeless Avian Art
Located in Southall, GB
This exquisite 19th-century bird painting captures the elegance and vibrant beauty of its subject with remarkable detail and artistry. The artist’s meticulous attention to the bird’s...
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19th Century English Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Framed Chinese Erotic Pillow Book, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A pillow book was meant to teach a young bride about the art of lovemaking. This rare museum-quality 19th century example is composed of 12 masterfully pai...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Large Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Mirror
Located in Norton, MA
A large charming 19th-century Chinese export reverse painting on mirror, depicting a man asking for a marriage.
Reverse glass pictu...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Chrysanthemums & Morning Glory Flowers, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Chrysanthemums & Morning Glory Flowers, Ca. 1900
PERIOD
Meiji/Taisho Period – ca. 1900/1920
DIMENSIONS
Width: 54 inches
Height: 53.5 inches
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Four Panel Paper Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of two panel screens with a rooster and a hen in amongst bamboo. Signed by the artist Ema Saiko 1787-1861. A Japanese painter, poet and calligrapher celebrated for her Chinese...
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1850s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Framed Antique Tibetan Thangka of Yamantaka with Consort
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Tibetan Thangka with polychrome pigments on cloth, circa mid to late 19th century. It depicts Yamantaka, also known as Vajrabhairava, who is a wrathful manifestation of Manjusri, the bodhisattva of wisdom, and in other contexts he also functions as a dharmapala, or 'Dharma-protector'. The buffalo head deity Vajrabhairava is one of the three principal meditation deities of the Gelug School. He is shown with nine faces in the Yab Yum...
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19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu. 17th century.
A sumi-e ink on paper painting illustrating an ethereal mountainous landscape at the seashore containing buildings, trees, birds and ship masts. 3 vermillion seals of the artist in the lower right hand corner. Japanese dry mount paper on a wood frame with thin brocade border silver leafed surround and lacquered wood outer frame.
Condition: Minor signs of age, wear, otherwise fine condition.
Age: Painting Edo Period, circa 1670. Mounting circa 1985.
Image: 51-1/2 in. x 20-1/2 in. (131cm x 52cm)
Frame: 59-1/4 in. x 25-1/4 in. (150cm x 64cm)
Weight: 6 lbs.
Provenance:
with Honeychurch Antiques...
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1670s Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous large/tall four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/landscape with playful yellow and orange birds frolicking in nature among the branches of a bl...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
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.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Chinese Soapstone, Semiprecious Hardstone and Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Miami, FL
This stunning Chinese screen is an exceptionally well-crafted piece, beautifully decorated with intricate semiprecious hardstone carvings. Measuring ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Precious Stone
Edo Period (19th) Japanese antique painting of flowers
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese antique painting of flowers 19 C
Weight 3kg ( 6.6lb)
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Large Two-Sided Painted Elmwood Divider Screen Depicting Guanyin and Zhong Kui
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese unusual large hand painted two-sided elm divider depicting Guanyin and Zhong Kui, from the first half of the 20th century. This antique Ch...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountains in the Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese School landscape ink painting on gilded silk by Yukimatsu Shunpo, signed and dated 1924. Yukimatsu Shunpo was born in Oita in 1897 and studied under Himejima Chikugai in Osak...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Large Chinese Hand-Painted Silk Scroll of Two Blue Cranes, Mid Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese Hand-Painted Silk Scroll of Two Blue Cranes, Mid-20th Century
Dimensions:
Framed: 48" H × 37" W × 1.5" D
Sight: 44" H × 32" W
A striking hand-painted Chinese silk scr...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Lovely Nihonga Scene Meiji/Taisho Period Scroll Japan Artist Landscape Boats
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Axis: Vertical 192 cm, Horizontal 38.3 cm
Inside: Vertical 130 cm, Horizontal 35 cm *Some errors will occur in the dimensions. Please understand.
I don't know the details of the au...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Plain Silver Leaf on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
(no image) With beautiful oxblood color lacquer frame with 19th century bronze mounts.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze, Silver Leaf
17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered late 17th/early 18th century Japanese edo period four panel byobu screen depicting hotei (fat monk) in a treed landscape with Chinese sages engaged in leisurely...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
China Glorious Dunes Landscape Natural Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary Natural work, one of a kind
Framed in our own custom "Arts & Crafts" hard wood frame.
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting is of a Minimalist depiction of what appear to be sand dunes in natural sand and light colors. This is called a dream stone Shih-hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Horse Riding
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Chinese export eight-panel coromandel screen featuring a country landscape with men on horseback. The panels have a faded lacquer patina in a rich oxblood or cordovan tone...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Heron In Water Lily Pond Under Willow
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Screen painted with Heron In Water Lily Pond Under Willow. Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of a heron at pond's edge. Painted in min...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Large Chinese Heavily Carved Wood Relief Plaque Wall Mounted Sculpture
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning vintage heavily carved relief, ready to hang. Now, more than ever, home is where the heart is.
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Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Tibetan Thangka of Celebration Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting 63 Buddhas with consorts and 5 protector Vajrabhairavas. Buddha seated dhyana asana on lotus throne at the center of the mandala i...
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2010s Nepalese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Pair Buddhist Tang Bodhisattvas Hand Painted Old Wood Plaques
Located in South Burlington, VT
A wonderful Chinese hand painted pair (2) paintings on old wooden panels of Buddhist Bodhisattvas in amorous poses with child and elephant presence and long flowing robes. Frame ...
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20th Century Chinese Tang Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples
Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930
Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk.
Signature: Goho
Seal: Goho
A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...
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1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century.
Wall panel, ink on paper.
Upper seal:
Kou Kinun in
Lower seal:
Kaigen
Dimensions:
Measures: 98.5 cm x 29.5 cm (39” ...
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17th Century Korean Other Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Style Two-Panel Screen Winter Goose in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Showa period two panel folding byobu screen depicting a large white goose in flight in an evening snow covered winter landscape. Made in the American school style watercolor...
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20th Century Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Romantic Hand Decorated "Four Seasons" Arts & Crafts Wood Screen Rhode Island
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an important thirty year old New England collection of hand decorated pyrography Arts & Crafts furnishings.
Unique work of art with a Rhode Island origin.
A romantic four panel Screen “Four Seasons...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
American Unique Hand Decorated Adirondack "Sail Boats" Desk, 1900
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an important thirty year old New England collection of hand decorated pyrography Arts & Crafts furnishings.
Unique work of art with a southern Vermont origin.
A large scal...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage Painting by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting illustrating an acolyte at a riverbank. The image of the standing Chinese figure with elongated earlobes (a symbol of enlightenment), hair tied back in a kerchief and long beard, holds a large fan in his left hand to his right shoulder. The long robes are windswept with water curls about the figures feet. The painting with 3 vermillion seals of the artist in the lower left corner. Japanese dry mount paper on a wood frame with thin brocade border silver leafed surround and lacquered wood outer frame.
Condition: Paper restoration on center, a quarter of an inch of the left edge of the painting is added, other minor signs of age, wear, stains and repairs overall fine condition.
Age: Painting Edo Period, circa 1670. Mounting circa 1985.
Image: 51-1/2 in. x 20-1/2 in. (131cm x 52cm)
Frame: 59-1/4 in. x 25-1/4 in. (150cm x 64cm)
Weight: 6lbs.
Provenance:
with Honeychurch Antiques...
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1670s Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Signed painting on silk depicting Bamboo and Bird
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese Signed painting on silk depicting Bamboo and Bird
This exquisite painting on silk depicts a beautiful bamboo and a bird, signed by the talented artist Waichi.
The pi...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
18th Century Chinese Heavily Detailed 8-Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century Chinese heavily detailed 8-panel Coromandel screen, decorated on either side, with carved open work at top and bottom of each panel, heavily gold-leafed. On the front ar...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Giltwood
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan.
Silk embroidered satin lacquer framed panels....
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Lacquer
17th Century 'Late 1600s', Japanese Edo Period 12-Panel Folding Screen Painted
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 17th Century (Late 1600s) Japanese Edo screens made of 12-panels. This folding silk screen is painted on a gold leaf background. It has a...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint, Paper
Vintage Painting Still Life with Fruit - Study of Oranges
Located in San Diego, CA
The oil on canvas painting majestically depicts a pair of oranges on a vine with a leaf, together with a cherry adjacent to them. The scene is depicted against a dark ground, however...
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1950s American British Colonial Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint
1950s Asian Eight-Panel Silk Embroidered Folding Floor Screen Room Divider
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful Chinese Embroidered Eight-Fold Floor Screen or room divider in good vintage condition. Stunning roses, birds butterflies embroidered. ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Portrait of Motor Yacht Thirsty Lady ii
Located in Norwell, MA
Portrait of the motor Yacht "Thirsty Lady II". Signed lower right "John Austin Taylor". Framed under glass. Not examined outside the frame. No obvio...
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20th Century North American Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Showa Golden Mallow Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This exquisite two-panel screen from the Showa period features a lush depiction of mallows in vibrant hues set against a luxurious golden background. The mallow flower, known in Japa...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Tibetan Thangka Goddess Dakinis
Located in Somis, CA
A rare offering. This amazing vintage hand painted Thangka depicts the Tibetan female celestial goddess Dakinis, whose ferocious expression subdues negative and demonic forces. In Alidh Asana posture, she wears a garland of human skulls, with a Khartwanga wand resting against her shoulder. Her face wrathful in expression, her feet firmly pressing down on devils masqueraded in human form above lotus base. With her right hand the deity holds a blue Kartika symbolizing severance of all material. With her left hand she drinks blood from a skull cup...
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20th Century Bhutanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Canvas
Japanese Meiji Two-Panel Embroidery Screen w/ Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji Period Two-Panel Embroidery Screen with Rooster and Chicken, Ca. 1890s
Meiji Period (1868-1912) – Ca. 1890/1910
Signed
DIMENSIONS
Width: 60 inches
Heigh...
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1890s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Lovely Pair of Antique Chinese Ancestral Portrait Hand Painted Glass Paintings
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Antique Chinese Ancestral Portraits w...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Painted canvas representing birds in the savannah. Contemporary.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas representing orange-colored birds in the savannah, with large leaves in the foreground and bushes in the background. Wands made from copper foil.
Work of contemporary...
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20th Century French Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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.