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Chinese Watercolors of Exotic Fruit on Pith Paper- A Set of Eight
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Chine trade watercolors are of fine quality and depict various exotic fruits including pineapples, lychees, finger citrus and orange amongst others. Now framed with a thin gilt f...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

China Trade Watercolor & Gouache Set of Twelve Paintings of Fruit & Flowers
Located in Downingtown, PA
Superb quality painting! China Trade Watercolor & Gouache on pith paper, Set of twelve paintings of fruit and flowers, Circa 1850-1860 ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Tibetan Painting Thangka Mandala Eight Treasures Hand Painted Gilded
Located in Somis, CA
A finely hand painted Thangka with beautiful calligraphy in Sanskrit of the mantra Om. Mandala represents the pure and sacred space consecrated by the power of Buddha or other deitie...
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2010s Nepalese Tibetan Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Wood, Paint

Japanese Landscape Painting, Hanging Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese scroll painting of landscape painting depicted village along the riverside in the mountains with fisherman Ink and color on silk Overall size...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silk

c. 1800 English Fire Pole Screen Needlepoint/Tapestry Stand
Located in Louisville, KY
Unique and finely made, this English Regency pole screen is constructed of beautiful Rosewood that’s hand-turned, carved and jointed, topped with a delicate finial with three cabriol...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Paintings and Screens

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Textile, Wood, Rosewood

Important 1904 American Folk Art Framed Flute Boy, Signed Curtis
Located in South Burlington, VT
Important Artist William Fuller Curtis This is an original and beautiful 25 inch by 45 inch hand painted and hand incised wood framed work of art -and containing a wonderful hand hammered copper repousse panel of the iconic Bethlehem Shephard Boy Flute...
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Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Paintings and Screens

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Copper

Japanese Shito Religion of Four Deities, Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese painting of Shito religion shrine depicted the four deities in court dress represent a hierarchy of local Shinto gods (kami) and with pair of guardian lions and lower stairw...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Mid-19th Century Chinese Painting on Rice or Pith Paper
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century Chinese Painting on Rice or Pith Paper. Gouache or opaque watercolor of a student & attendants. Note remarkable details including marble panelled chair...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Three Framed Chinese Export Watercolors
Located in Essex, MA
Nicely framed with water gilt and lacquer. Scenes depicting Chinese domestic life.
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens

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Giltwood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Silk Suijaku Scroll Nyorai-Kojin with Mixed Buddhism and Shinto Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Suijaku hanging scroll beautifully presented in a custom wood shadow box frame from Edo period (circa 18-19th century). The scroll, surmounted on golden brocade was painted in fine details with gouache, ink and gold powder highlight, served as a Suijaku mandala for the worshippers. Honji Suijaku is a complicated religious concept uniquely developed in Japan. It mixed and hybrid the Buddism deities with native shinto spirits (known as Kami), which were seen as local manifestations (the suijaku, literally means a "trace") of Buddhist deities (the honji literally the original ground). The original idea may lie with the synergetic strategy to spread Buddism by making it more relatable to the local population who had already worshiped Shinto gods. The paradigm, adopted in the 10th century from an orignal Chinese concept, remained a defining feature of Japanese religious life up to the end of the Edo period (1868). Instead of being confined to deities, its application was often extended to historical figures as shown on this scroll. This long hanging scroll depicts an arrangement of 21 figures including Buddhism and Shinto deities as well as two historical figures on the bottom. Each figure was name-tagged in Kanji for easy identification by the worshippers. It was used in the temple or shrine so that when the worshipper prayed in front the mandala, they prayed simultaneously to all the deities. On the very top, sits Nyorai-Kojin, a hybrid deity of Nyorai Buddha and Kojin, the kaki for fire, stove and kitchen. From the top to bottom and left to right, here is the list of the deities: Kanon with Thousand Hands, Kanon with Willow Branch, Monju Bosatsu...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Antique Edo Period 19th c Woodblock Print - Kunisada Triptych The Little Princes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Edo Period 19th c Woodblock Print - Kunisada Triptych The Little Princess Visits the Shrine  
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1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Antique Tibetan Painted Door
Located in New York, NY
A Tibetan Painted Panel Door. Canvas over wood painted using mineral pigments and polychrome. Tibet has little resources and old wood is reused as platforms for Buddhist art. This...
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20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paint

A Large Early Chinese Upper Nobility Ancestral Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Large Chinese Qing Dynasty (late 19th century) Style Upper Nobility Ancestral Portrait Painting on Paper with a Beautiful 24K giltwood frame. The composition featur...
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19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Giltwood

Chinese "Sea Portal" Natural Stone Landscape "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Extraordinary natural work, one of a kind. Custom framed, This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a portal view of detailed sea of red and blue waves could remind u...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Marble

19th century Edo period's Hanging scroll Samurai players and child dancer
Located in Chiba, JP
Description - Hanging scroll with quite a surreal scene of the music and dance performance with two seated samurais and a child actor on a go-game-board who plays a role of dancing s...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

"19th-Century Cat Portrait: Graceful Feline Art"
Located in Southall, GB
This graceful 19th-century cat portrait captures the elegance and charm of its feline subject with remarkable detail and artistry. The artist’s skillful br...
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19th Century English Antique Paintings and Screens

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Glass

Large Framed Indian 19th Century Painting of Guanyin Sitting on a Dragon
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian painting from the 19th century depicting Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion sitting on a dragon. Created in India during the 19th century, this large painting features Guanyin the Bodhisattva of Compassion, sitting on the head of a dragon, fluffy clouds adorning the painting's lower section. Her right foot on a lotus flower, Guanyin wears an ornate headdress and elegant clothes. The painting itself measures 30.5"W x 53.5" H and has been set inside a custom frame. Its peaceful subject will make this 19th century Indian painting...
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19th Century Indian Antique Paintings and Screens

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Fabric, Plexiglass, Paper

Japanese Taisho Two Panel Screen Heian Period Flute Player
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary Japanese Taisho period two panel byobu screen depicting Fujiwara Yasumasa playing the flute in the Ichihara Moor. Fujiwara Yasumasa (958 to 1036) was a famous Heian period...
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Asian Mandala Tanka circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful tanka mandala of the 19th century painted on canvas . Buddha is in the center with the naga on his right arm, surrounded by others arranged like the rays of the sun. T...
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19th Century Asian Antique Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting of Warriors in Landscape, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass painting of a warrior group with horse and 'Budai' in a river landscape housed in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Japanese Rare Antique Scroll of Waka Heart Poem Famous Rengetsu Otagaki, signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a rare paper scroll hand painted by renown Rengetsu Otagaki (1791-1875). She was a very famous nun in old Japan and being familiar with poetry, her Waka poems on paper, and e...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Chinese Asian Two-Panel Byobu Folding Screen Ancestral Immortal Figures
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large, boldly colored, and alluring hand-painted two-panel Chinese/Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting 18 exquisitely clad male ancestral or immortal figu...
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20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Tibetan Hand Painted Silk and Canvas Thangka with Figures C1920 Measures- 36''H x 30.75''W x .25''D
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

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Canvas, Silk, Paint

Japanese Complete ‘Noh Play’ Production, Houshou School 22 Books and Box, 1853
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels. A remarkable artistic Noh Play survivor. One of a kind Japanese Complete "Noh Play" Production as written in 22 Woodblock books from the Utai Bon Houshou school, complete with original signed wooden storage box tomobako and dated Kaei 6 (1853). This antique Japanese book...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Chinese Four-Fold Screen with Peonies and Blue Magpies, 1963, "Creek Dwelling"
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
Chinese Four-Fold Screen with Peonies and Blue Magpies, 1963, "Creek Dwelling" Workshop Description: An authentic Chinese four-fold screen from the "Creek Dwelling" (溪居) workshop,...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Ink Calligraphy Poem of the Moon
Located in Hudson, NY
Poems refer to moon gazers. Ink on mulberry paper with a silk brocade border. Seals read: Roku-roku sai.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

French Gilt Bronze Fire Screen Guard Bouhon 19th Century
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Gilt Bronze Antique Fire Screen made by Bouhon, this is a magnificent Peacock style Fire Screen having wonderful Bronze Lions head cast to the front, the centre section un locks to r...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

Antique 19th c Chinese Water Color painting of Spring Festival 19th c Qing Dy
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely painting. It has handwriting in German on it. Translating the Chinese. We have a series of these. See second picture for similar paintings Condition 29x...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Porcelain

Large 19th Century Reverse Glass Painting in Its Original Frame
Located in Richmond, London
A 19th century reverse glass painting in its original frame. Extremely rare in this large size. Canton, China, circa 1860. Rare o...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Victorian Antique Paintings and Screens

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Glass

Late 18th Century Japanese Framed Painting, God of Thunder by Yamaguchi Soken
Located in Kyoto, JP
Raijin - God of Thunder Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818) Mid to Late Edo period, circa 1800. Framed painting. Ink and light color on paper. This humorous painting depicts the Thunder God, Raijin, tumbling from the sky, presumably being struck down by one of his own lighting bolts. He clings to one drumstick as the other is in free-fall along with his Taiko drums...
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Late 18th Century Asian Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese antique sketch scroll / 1800-1900 / Flower, bird and animal paintings
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a rough sketch of a Japanese painting drawn around the late Edo period to the early Meiji period (1800-1900) in Japan. A picture is drawn by sticking and connecting short pi...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Meiji Riverside Scroll Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912), artists brought on a revival of traditional painting styles as they sought to create a modern Japanese style with roots in the past. This exquisite hanging scroll demonstrates the preference for soft layering of gray tones with judicious use of color. The landscape is rendered in soft ink washes that subtly distinguish between water, mountain, and sky. The scroll painting...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Vintage Watercolor Painting on Paper - Signed - Unframed - China - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage watercolor painting on paper - good quality and composition - signed with a multi character stamp in red - mounted with adhesive tape to a two color/double bevel edged matte ...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Paper

Fly over Jerusalem by Zamy Steynovitz, Framed and Signed Serigraph 1990
By Claude Monet
Located in San Diego, CA
Showing talent from an early age, Polish-born artist Zamy Steynovitz used rich, vibrant color in his works after a trip to South America in the 80s increased his interest in bright, ...
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1990s American Expressionist Paintings and Screens

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Acrylic, Paint

19th Century Reverse Glass Painting
Located in Richmond, London
A 19th century reverse glass painting in its original frame. Canton, China, circa 1860. Why we like it Superbly decorative and ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Paintings and Screens

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Glass

France 18th Century Four Panel Screen With Arched Tops.
Located in Dallas, TX
A Four Panel Screen With Arched Tops, Portion Painted In Gray-Blue, Depicting A Hunt Scene In Foreground With Men And Dogs Hunting A Boar; And Bottom Portion Of Panels Feature Larg Fluted Brown Urns...
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18th Century French Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Paper

Japanese Painting, 17th Century, Tale of Genji, Fujibakama, Tosa School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Purple Trousers (Fujibakama), Illustration to Chapter 30 of the Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) Tosa School (second half of the 17th century) Ink, ...
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Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Antiques Hanging scroll, silk, crane
Located in Niiza, JP
Hanging scroll, silk, crane Image size: 420 (W) x 1270 (H) [mm] Scroll size: 560 (W) x 2120 (H) [mm] Box size: 80 x 75 x 630 mm, 830 g Colored cloth and silk, wooden tip The crane...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silk

19th Century Pair of Reverse Painted Asian Drawings
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of reverse painted Chinese paintings on glass. There is art paper within the frame that has at the look of mother of pearl to show through the glass and add an effect to the pi...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Antique Chinese Landscape Painting with Mark of Huang Binghong
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This exquisite antique Chinese landscape painting is signed by the renowned artist Huang Binghong, famous for his delicate brushwork and mastery in depicting natural scenery. The pai...
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19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Contemporary Red Black Cream Folding Screen Silk Brocade Kimono Art, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono Japanese decorative art in crimson red, black and gold o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Japanese Brush Painting of a Standing Bodhisattva of Mercy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese brush painting of a standing Bodhisattva of Mercy, beautiful colors and brush work, 19th century, original brocade mount
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Pair of Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Cranes Above Cresting Waves
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing 19th century pair of large Japanese Meiji period six panel screens each depicting a sedge of Manchurian red-crowned cranes along the shore. The screens are crafted in the Nihonga school style with intricate details and beautifully depicted cresting waves. Each screen is signed by artist Hakundo Keikan and studio name of Watahiki Tokai (Japanese 1837-1915). Both screens are signed with red seals on the left and right side. Tokai was a Chinese scholar from the late Edo period and served in the Imperial Household...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Chinese Water Color Painting of Riverside Village with Boat
Located in Greenwich, CT
Framed Chinese water color of riverside village with boat with one artist seal. Overall size: 19.5 width, 26" high Image size: 14 1/4" width, 20" ...
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1980s Chinese Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Large Oil on Canvas, Mayan Jaguar by Kindrie Grove 2002
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Very large oil on canvas, ancient tableau, Jaguar by Kindrie Grove, Canadian Artist. Large oil painting that depicts a Mayan Jaguar. Made in 2002. The ar...
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20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Hanging scroll : red camellia and birds
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Showa Period Japanese Hanging Scroll – Birds and Blossoming Flowers This exquisite Japanese kakejiku (hanging scroll) from the Showa period (1926–1989) is meticulously hand-painted ...
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Set of Chinese Figurative Mid Century Watercolor Landscapes
Located in Lomita, CA
These are two paintings depicting figures in a natural landscape setting among trees and other garden settings. The palette is pastel mixed with neutral tones. Based on the hairstyle...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Paint

One stroke calligraphy painting of Dragon . 20th century Zen calligraphy
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning one stroke Zen calligraphy painting depicting Dragon. Ink on paper. Sold as it is , please refer to the photos. Age:20th ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Antique Japanese Woodblock - William Lee Inventor of the Knitting Machine
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Woodblock - William Lee Inventor of the Knitting Machine “Lives of Great People of the Occident ca. 1870 William Lee : Inventor of the Knitting Machine (Ueuremu ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Green Yellow Brown Framed Porcelain Panel by Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary hand-painted Kutani porcelain framed porcelain panel in a square shape, one of the artist's signature works depicting C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Framed Green Red Black Gold Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary framed three-dimensional decorative art piece in Japanese silk kimono fabric in vivid red, green and black on gold leaf Japanese paper, recreating a s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Multicolored Batik with Butterflies on frame. Central Java
Located in Antwerp, BE
Multicolored batik with butterflies and flowers on blue background, on frame. Central Java, circa 1970. Signed Pandik. Exquisite Batik Wall Decoration w...
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Mid-20th Century Indonesian Hollywood Regency Paintings and Screens

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Textile, Wood

Pair of Japanese hinagata byôbu 雛形屏風 (small folding screens) with flower carts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An amazing pair of six-panel hinagata byôbu (doll festival folding screens) with a continuous painting on gold leaf showcasing flower carts (hana’guruma) at the edge of a winding river. Both laden with a large bamboo basket...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
Located in valatie, NY
Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections, with contributions by Richard M. Barnhart and Christine M.E. Guth Photography by Amy G. Poster. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and a personal note from the author. Some of the finest private collections of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean art are found in New York City. This illustrated book explores the riches found in these collections, which include some of the world's finest and most important paintings, calligraphy...
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1990s American Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Early 20th C Chinese Linhai Painted Panel in Green Tones
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 Linhai wood panel with hand painted scene in green and fuchsia tones of a flowering tree with a bird. Painted black scrolled border and red edge. Decorative brass hanger at the top. Panel measures 38.5” high without brass hanging hardware.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Victorian Bamboo 3-Fold Screen with Floral Green and Yellow Upholstered Panels
Located in Queens, NY
"English Victorian bamboo 3 fold screen with Chinese patterned silk panels, one side in yellow, one side in green, and a filigree top border. Some bamboo trim around one upholstered...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Paintings and Screens

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Bamboo

Japanese Painting of Mountain and village, Hanging Scroll
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese scroll painting depicted village in the mountain Ink and paper. Artist signed Overall size: 43" height. 21" width Image size: 10.8" height. 16" width
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1940s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Selections from the Paintings and Calligraphy Donated to the Shanghai Museum fro
Located in valatie, NY
Selections from the Paintings and Calligraphy Donated to the Shanghai Museum from the Ching Banlee Liangtuxuan Collection. Published by Shanghai Museum, Shangahai, China, 2002. 1st E...
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Early 2000s Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

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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