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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Still Life Oil Painting
By William Drummond Bone
Located in Perth, GB
This is one of the artist best painting with heavy impasto execution giving a vibrant and colourful impactact to the beauty of the work
William Drummon...
Category
Late 20th Century British Art Deco Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Pair Framed 19th Century Chinese School Portrait Paintings Court Figures
Located in London, GB
Two Chinese paintings of figures in court dress
19th century, opaque pigments on paper, each depicting a figure wearing robes decorated with dragon motifs on yellow-grounds.
Pr...
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19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
VINTAGE CHINESE OIL PAiNTING OF A BEAUTIFUL VASE & GHASIA GIRL STATUE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely decorative vintage Chinese oil panting of a Geisha girl statue standi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
This Charming Oil on Board Painting, Depicting Two Youths in Full Highland Dress
Located in Perth, GB
This charming oil on board painting, depicting two youths in full highland dress, one seated upon a pony, gleefully waving their bonnet, with a terrier in the foreground by Hj Kinnaird.
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Pair Large Framed Japanese Calligraphy "Dragon" & "Tiger", Mid 20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and powerful pair of Japanese calligraphic works, mid 20th century, Japan. One reading "Dragon", the other reading "Tiger". Ink on handmade paper, framed.
The brush strok...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Expressionist Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen, Turkeys
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silk, mounted on a gold panel, in silk border. Signature and seal read: Yoho.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Four Panel Screen, Autumn Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
Taisho period painting (1912-1926) of a fall landscape with wild grasses, red maple, and dahlias. Mineral pigments on gold with a silk brocade border and beautiful metal mounts.
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
19th Century Chinese Gilt Inkwash Painted Screen
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a singular piece, a framed vintage Chinese gilt and inkwash miniature six-fold paper screen, that was possibly a salesman's sample, and it is beautiful.
This is from the la...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Giltwood
"Unai No Tomo" Early 20th C. Japanese Illustrated Toy Books, Volumes #2, #3, #4
Located in Norton, MA
Early 20th century Japanese illustrated toy books. "Unai No Tomo". Ca. 1911. 3 volumes from the larger set. Each volume includes numerous color woodblock illustrations of various toy...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Silk
19TH Century BALINESE Elephant Painting
Located in Hawthorne, CA
19th century elephant painting by unknown Balinese artist. A vibrant figural painting with a white elephant in black and matted frame. Color on clot...
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Mid-19th Century Thai Other Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, 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...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Korean Two-Panel Silk Screen from 1975
Located in Lomita, CA
This authentic two-panel Korean screen is from the 20th Century and is highlighted with the design of two painted silk screen panels over a ...
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20th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
10 Lacquer Calligraphy Panels, Later Mounted as a Screen, Late 18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare screen/room divider.
Set of 10 (8 wide + 2 smaller) panels with original thick red lacquer with calligraphy in gold leaf.
Later frames in black lacquer with profiled leaf-gild...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Antique Tibetan Thangka of a Deity
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A vibrantly colored Tibetan Thangka of a multi armed Deity, Tibet Circa 1900, framed in a gold tone frame under glass, Measures: 28 inches tall, 30.75 inches wide.
Category
Early 1900s Tibetan Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
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
1979 Cui Tang Chinese Pheasants Love Birds Painting on Silk Flowers Peonies
Located in Dayton, OH
1979 Cui Tang Chiense / Korean painting on silk showing brightly colored male and female pheasants in front of a bush of pink and white peonies.
1 ?? huà tí Title of the Art
2 ?? (Korean) N/A 1. gold thread 2. marital relationship
3 ?????? ? yi jiu qi jiu nián dù zuò Work in the year of 1979
4&5 ?? cuì táng Cui Tang (?: green; ?:chamber) (artist’s pseudonym/esteemed name)
This art was made in 1979...
Category
1970s Chinoiserie Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
19th Century Japanese Screen for Tea-Ceremony, Ink Bamboo and Plum on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
Three Friends of Winter
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871)
Late Edo period, circa 1850
Ink and gold leaf on paper.
This is a double-sided Japanese Furosaki or tea-ceremony screen from the mid 19th century; bamboo and plum on the front, young pines the back. It by Nakajima Raisho, a master painter of the Maruyama school in the late Edo and early Meiji periods. In this work Raisho combines exquisite ink brushwork with large open spaces of brilliant gold-leaf to inspire the viewers imagination. Rather than naturalism, he is searching for the phycological impression of the motifs, resulting in abstraction and stylization. His simplification of the motifs the result of looking to capture the inner nature of the objects. This art motif is known as Sho Chiku Bai, or the Three Friends of Winter. Evergreen pine connotes steadfastness, bamboo suggests both strength and flexibility, while plum blossoms unfurling on snow-laden branches imply hardiness. Combined, this trio is emblematic of Japanese new year. Chinese literati were the first to group the three plants together due to their noble characteristics. Like these resilient plants flowering so beautifully in winter, it was expected of the scholar-gentleman to cultivate a strong character with which he would be able to show the same degree of perseverance and steadfastness even during times of adverse conditions.
The screen would have been placed near the hearth of a room used for the Japanese tea ceremony, shielding the fire from draughts and also forming a stimulating and decorative backdrop behind the tea utensils. It would have been used in the Hatsugama, or first tea-ceremony of the new year.
Nakajima Raisho (1796-1871) originally studied under Watanabe Nangaku before entering the school of Maruyama Ozui. He was the highest ranking Maruyama school painter at the end of the Edo period and was known as one of the ‘Four Heian Families’ along with Kishi...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowers by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Extraordinary Outer Space Moonscape Natural Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of an outer space nightscape suggests our universe of countless moons and stars and might remind us of a similar and unique evening experience in our lives. The powerful and colorful depiction is executed in natural dark green- almost black, cream and yellow (limonite mineral) colors. This is called a dream stone Shih-hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.
This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
This thin marble stone "painting" is approximately 1/4" thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. Its weight is surprisingly modest- easily hung with standard hardware.
Dimensions:
Frame: 25 inches high and 25 inches wide.
Site: 16.75" diameter
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of dream stone "paintings":
Moonlight stones...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Set of Six Chinese Canton Watercolors on Pith Paper Depicting Royals
Located in Bradenton, FL
A charming and rare set of six Chinese gouaches of male and female nobility in various costumes, with attendants, painted on pith paper. Beautifully framed and matted.
During the 18...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Japanese Framed Silk Brocade Handcrafted Oshie Wall Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary framed collectible handcrafted oshie decorative wall art piece with a three-dimensional effect depicting a fascinating scene of a Japanese young lad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Brocade
Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Yoshitsune and Benkei
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular 19th century Japanese late Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting Yoshitsune and Benkei, two heroes of Japanese folklore. Crafted in ink and natural color pigments on mulberry paper with thick gold leaf borders on each panel. The character Yoshitsune is seated under a blossoming cherry tree in full armor holding a fan. The warrior priest or monk Benkei is depicted kneeling on a leopard skin...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowers by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
'Two Dutch Ships Anchored in the Bay of Nagasaki' by Kawahara Keiga '1786-1860'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Kawahara Keiga (1786 - c. 1860)
Two Dutch ships anchored in the bay of Nagasaki
Sumi ink and pigment on silk, H. 27 x W. 41 cm (excl. frame)
Comes framed, see image.
?Based o...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Monumental Indian Pichhwai Radha Krishna Gopis Painting Silk Garden Peacock 68"
Located in Dayton, OH
"Pichwai (pichvai or Pichhavai) is a style of painting that originated over 400 years ago, in the town of Nathdwara near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. Intricate and visually stunning, pichwai paintings...
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20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
Mid Century Abstract Silkscreen C. Daniel Gelakoska Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
An absolutely gorgeous abstract original silkscreen, Titled “Sunriver” by C. Daniel Gelakoska. Hand signed, dated in pencil bottom right and numbered ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Superb and Architectural Chinese Carved Wood and Glass Four-Panel Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Provenance: Christie’s. The panels with carved figural vignettes- floral vines at the top, the bottom with small ones with figures at various tasks in landscapes with houses, the lar...
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Early 20th Century Asian Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Birds by Hasegawa Gyokujun
Located in Kyoto, JP
One hundred birds
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921)
Meiji period, circa 1900.
Ink, color and gofun on silk.
Dimensions of each screen:
H. 170 cm x W. 190 cm (67’’ x 75”)
Despite the title, well over 100 birds are represented in this pair of two-fold Japanese screens (the title functions figuratively to convey the idea of a large number). The monumental work is rendered with a comprehensive and highly complex composition which is exquisitely executed and meticulously colored. More a celebration of naturalism than the traditional “One Hundred Birds” paintings which originated in China. This was a subject matter known for its auspicious meaning as much as its actual depiction of nature. These paintings generally had a phoenix (occasionally peacocks) placed in the center, and the other birds paying homage to it.
In this quintessentially Japanese scene painted by Gyokujun, a couple of long-tailed birds modeled after paradise flycatchers are included; these are traditional auspicious motifs in Oriental bird and flower painting and denote themes such as celebration and enduring generations. In addition there is the playful inclusion of single exotic parrot. Even so, the vast majority of the birds and flowers are native to Japan. Reading the scene from right to left, from spring through to autumn, the overwhelming sense is one of movement and haste. It is almost as if the birds are in a race, with the fleetest leading the way forward. Although these native birds were commonly drawn amongst artists of the Shijo school, rarely were they painted with such drama and dynamism. It is not strictly a depiction of sketched birds whose manner was faithfully handed down through the traditions of the Shijo school. Rather we see Gyokujun seeking and achieving new expressions in the heart of the turbulent Meiji period.
Hasegawa Gyokujun (1863-1921) was born in Kyoto. He was the eldest son of Hasegawa Gyokuho, a Shijo school painter who studied under Matsumura Keibun. Gyokujun studied painting under his father and became a prominent member of the Kyoto painti
ng world from a young age. In 1891 he established the ‘Young Painters Social Club’ along with Takeuchi Seiho, Miyake Gogyo and Taniguchi Kokyo. Also in 1891 he was selected as a judge of the Great Private Paintings Exhibition along with Takeuchi Seiho, Yamamoto Shunkyo...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Two Panel Carved Painted Screen Bone Wood 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Chinese carved wood and bone 2 panel screen.
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1920s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Japanese Two Panel Screen Young Pine and Pine Cones on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border.
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Early 1800s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Recumbant Pheasant in Snow Laden Pine
Located in Hudson, NY
The harmony of pine, plumb and bamboo with a splash of camillias in mineral pigmants on silk with a brocade border and silk backing in a gloss black frame. Excellent condition.
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1880s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
19th Century Shibayama Four Panel Screen Meiji Period Japan, C.1880
Located in London, GB
19th century Shibayama four Panel screen Meiji Period Japan C.1880
Mother of pearl inlay in black lacquer depicting a bird in relief with cherry blossom. The lower section with gi...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Oriental Woman, Enamel on Board, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental woman is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by an Oriental artist.
Mixed colored enamel on board.
The painting...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf with brocade border. Calligraphy and sketching on back paper.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Chinese Gilt Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen Immortals Sky Gods
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Chinese export eight-panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting a heavenly scene of immortals and sky gods floating in ruyi clouds. The fascin...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sheep Resting under Grape Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Soft mineral pigments on silk with brocade border. Signature and seal read: Jyogyu
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Gibbons in a Tree
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting on mulberry paper of gibbons in a tree with hints of gold in the sky.
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Magnificent And Fine Chinese Six-Panel Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A six panel screen in black paint with overall gilt scrolled and carved and painted wood applied low relief decoration with some Mother-of-Pearl details. Scenes with pavilions and fi...
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19th Century Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up white areas. Lacquer on wood. Writing reads: Lacquer Screen By Izumi Atsuhiko. It was ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Shell, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Watercolor Painting of a Scholar and His Students
Located in Lambertville, NJ
19th Century Chinese watercolor in vivid colors of a teacher seated at a desk under a tree with students seated on cushions in an outd...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
Mid Century Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Signed Etta C. Mercur
Located in Baltimore, MD
A large, original, gorgeous, abstract on canvas, by artist Etta C. Mercur, signed lower right. This original large work of art is an excellent example of abstract style from the 20t...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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1920s Chinese Folk Art Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Luxury Screen Room Divider Linen Walnut or Oak Green Garden Artwork
Located in Paris, FR
Luxury screen, choose a walnut or oak frame. Simple, functional and elegant, The Floating Screen is a premier design unique. It features original oil on...
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2010s English Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Walnut, Oak
A.Bouverat Chinese Inspired Lacquered Panel Hand-Painted 20th Century
By A. Bouverat
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful rare and large lacquer of Chinese inspiration. Representation of a green space with many plants such as cherry trees and magnolia. A bird crosses the lacquer with its ...
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20th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Lacquer
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).
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
XL Asian Wall Panel with Peacock, Birds of Paradise, Cranes and Deers, 1990s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stunning XL Asian wall panel with lots of birds.
This red art panel shows a beautiful landscape with deers, birds of paradise, peacocks , cranes , ...
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Late 20th Century Asian Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, monumental, exceptionally large Korean ten-panel Sipjangsaengdo Byobu folding screen depicting the ten symbols of longevity—sun, mountain, water, rock, cloud,...
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Mid-20th Century Korean Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Six Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and unusual Chinese export eight panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting six beauties. The scene is bordered by a walled pavilion with pagodas and trees. The women appear to...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Qing Dynasty Chinese Four Panel Screen c. 1850
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A testement to Qing Dynasty craftsmanship this folding panel features wonderful lattice windows. The panel still features its original hinges that allows for many ways to position th...
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1850s Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Family of Chickens on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold. Not signed, by Baikei Hitsu.
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1880s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Ducks at Water’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of a peaceful water landscape in Spring with plum, peony, camellia, and bamboo. Ducks swim in a pond while a pa...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Japanese Six Panel Screen Pine Trees and Boats at Water’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Hamamatsu (Pine Tree Island). Kano School painting in mineral pigments on gold leaf and mulberry paper with brocade border.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Paper
Japanese Modern Abstract Ink Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
On mulberry paper with silk brocade. From the estate of Andrea Bollt. Artist's seal reads: Mitsushito (died 1922).
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Rising Over Turbulent Ocean Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary sumie (ink) painting on silver.
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1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Rolling Country Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
A mid-sized six panel screen. Edo period (c. 1800) painting of a landscape features a temple on the mountain top, a river with fishermen emerging from gold...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Korean Folk Painting of General Guan Gong
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk Shamanism watercolor on textile matted with woven brocade and presented in a wood frame with an oriental style metal hanging hardware. The painting was estimated to be from early 20th century circa 1910-1930s. It depicts Guan Yu (160-220AD), a legendary Chinese warrior and general from Eastern Han Dynasty. Long worshiped in China as a deity, across all three major religions, Guan Gong...
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Early 20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile, Brocade
Framed Korean Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Folk Painting One of the Four
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting watercolor on silk mounted with brocade border and framed. The watercolor was likely dated from late 19th century to the tur...
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Late 19th Century Korean Folk Art Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Wood
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Feng Three Folding Screen by Testatonda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This screen is born as a collaboration with the Testatonda studio, a group of three young designers that the company has decided to focus on. Their aim is to design furniture and obj...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
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.
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