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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Lovely circa 1900 C-Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Figures in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Condition: State is good, thin stains.
Size Axis ... vertical 216.5cm next to 56.3cm
Painting ... vertical 126.3cm horizontal 41.5cm ? diff...
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Unique Huge Handmade French Straw Marquetry Screen
By V.C.D.F
Located in Paris, FR
Stunning huge dimension straw marquetry screen, totally handmade by the artist using ancient French techniques.
One side is made of a Classic s...
Category
2010s French Paintings and Screens
Materials
Straw
Lovely 19th-20th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist Shoichiro Yoshii, Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
¦ Silk and handpaitning
¦ State
There are some discoloration and stains in the age.
¦ Axial dimension/approx. 193.0 cm x 57.0 cm.
¦ Actual paper size/about 103.0 cm x about 44...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Lovely 20th Tokuriki Tomiyoshiro Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Crane Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Has been is the work produced by Tokuriki Tomiyoshiro known as woodblock artist, such as you can see.
It is a work that makes you feel a unique calmness and taste, is very attractiv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese 17th Century Two Panel Screen, Pine with Gold Dust
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful 17th century painting of pine trees. Painting in good condition on 19th century mounting. Mineral pigments and gold dust on mulberry paper w...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Lovely Scroll Painting Japan, 20th Century 'Showa' Artist Flower
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Overall perfect: Size scroll... 142.0cm × about 55.0cm. Painting about 40.0cm × about 41.5cm.
30-12-18-1-11 (65)
Condition
Overall Perfect: Size scroll... 142.0cm × about 55.0cm...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Signed Huang Gang Chinese Diptych Painting, 21st Century
Located in Hamburg, PA
Huang Gang (Chinese b. 1961) A diptych painting was done in Chinese lacquer and mineral pigment on board, signed "Huang Gang" on both panels. In good condit...
Category
Early 2000s Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Lovely 20th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Tree in Ink Waterfall
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hanging scroll "waterfall" silk true work Zaimei (Taishan)
Condition is good
Size: Axis, vertical 198.5 cm horizontal 68.8 cm
Picture, vertical 129 cm horizontal 55 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Lovely 19th Century Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Crane in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Artist: Tatematsu kiseki
Born in the forest home of Nagoya gun-cho, it inherits the later Tatematsu house.
Learn to Okumura Ishiran. Later the director of Seiho meeting was studied with Kono Bairei-Seiho Takeuchi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
China Natural Stone "Painting" Moonlight Earth
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting
"Moonlight Earth" #9
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of what appears to be a blac...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Two Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two Japanese scroll painting depicts scenes from the Tale of Genji (Genji-E), from Edo period. These painting were purchased from Odewara Shoten in the...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Paper
Young Elegant Asian Woman Oil on Canvas, circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Young elegant Asian woman oil on canvas, circa 1940s
This is one of our favorite paintings. A young Asian woman out on a warm afternoon.
The quality of this painting cannot be ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Japanese 2-Panel 'Shunga' Screen with Finely Painted Erotic Depictions of Lovers
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A very finely painted two panel 'shunga' screen with scenes of naked erotic lovers in union.
The scene on the left panel simply depicts the lovers in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Lovely Nihonga Scene Taisho / Showa Period Scroll Japan Artist Prunus Blossom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a work drawn by Doun as you can see.
It is a simple yet calm white plum blossom map, which is
very tasty.
¦Paper books and handwriting.
¦ State
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Six Panel Screens: Pair of Festival Carts
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese screen with Festival Cart design. Edo period painting (First half of the 19th century) of one brown lacquer cart and one bla...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Antique Kimono Fabric Mounted on Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Late Nineteenth Century Kimono Fabric Mounted on Early Twentieth Century Screen. In the Heian period (eighth century to the twelfth century), noblemen wou...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Traditional Brocade Silk Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary two-panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring two graceful ladies dressed in elegant formal traditional Japanese kimonos. This folding screen is inspired by Jap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Early Spring Into Summer, Meiji period (1868 -1912) painting of plum in bloom with red camellias on the right and peony and thistle on the left. A clutc...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Pink and White Magnolias in Early Bloom
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Pink and white magnolias in early bloom, Taisho period (1912-1926) painting of Japanese magnolia tree branches as the flowers...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Early 20th Century Four-Panel Screen of Riders Taming Horses
Located in New York, NY
A four-panel Japanese screen, produced circa 1920s, depicting figures of riders taming horses within a wide natural landscape; shippo pattern to reverse. Very good vintage condition,...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Stone Dali Panels
Located in Somerton, GB
This is a set of four antique Chinese Dali stone panels which depict wonderful landscape images. The stone is set in an ebonized panel frame. They look wo...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Japanese Six-Panel Screen by Kano Chikanobu
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Late 17th century Kano school peony landscape screens. One of a pair of screens signed: Hogan Josen Fujiwara Chikanobu Hitsu - Kano Chikanobu (Shushin) ...
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Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Rosewood Table Screen
Located in Hudson, NY
This nice large carved rosewood table screen was created in China, circa 1870. Its carved details depict a dragon flying through celestial clouds...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Rosewood
1970s Indian Paper Drawing of Palace
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian paper drawing of a palace, part of a large private collection.
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Taisho Period Painted Silk Screen Depicting Nesting Cormorants by Asami Joujou
Located in Stamford, CT
An exquisite Taisho period screen depicting nesting cormorants painted on raw silk with gold fleck by Japanese artist Asami Joujou (b. 1890 in Himeiji, Japan-d. 1974), circa 1912-1926.
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
"Boys Beneath Lotus" Chinese Folk Painted Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This folk hand painted panel, laden with meaning, was originally an interior painted panel of a large storage cabinet. The panel is painted with a sc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
1970s, Indian Set of Three Colorful Drawings of the Royal Court
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian set of three colorful drawing representing the kings royal court. Part of a large private collection.
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Lovely Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Sparrow in Autumn
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely first half of the 20th century scroll paintings Japan artist-signed sparrow in autumn
Axis dimensions: about 184.5cm × about 54.0cm.
Newspaper dimensions: about 112.5cm × ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Chinese Export Hand-Painted Oil on Canvas Painting of Interior Scene w/ Emperor
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Export Exceptionally Hand-Painted Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting Musicians Playing Music for the Emperor while Seated on his Royal Throne. Beautifully executed with great d...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Lovely 19th Tamazusa Kawabata Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Crane Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Tamazusa Kawabata
1842-1913
Japan painter. Kyoto student. His name is Takinosuke, Keitei in another issue, and Kei in his later years. At the age of eleven, he entered the gate of Aki Nakajima, and later learned from Kaikei Oda. After moving to Tokyo, he learned oil painting with Yuichi Takahashi and Wargman. In addition, he became a modern Japanese Maruyama sect who loves Maruyama Okyo...
Category
19th Century Japanese Showa Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Pair of Japanese Edo Screens Chrysanthemums Along Fence
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable pair of early 19th century Japanese late Edo period screens depicting summer chrysanthemums growing along a brushwood fence. Ink and...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Lovely Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Sparrow in Autumn
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Dongwon Ho? "Fukihana" silk true work hanging scroll both box, First half of the 20th century.
Condition: State is good, thin spots and wrinkles and fine coloring bald, please
...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Lovely 20th Century Sen'yo Ogawa Scroll Painting Japan Artist Flowers Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sen'yo Ogawa
1882-1971
Japan painter. Kyoto production. Name Tasaburo. After served as apprentice of the Buddhist teacher, I learned a Movie to Chu Asai, exhibited oil paintings to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
1970s Indian Paper Drawing of a Woman Riding a Tapir
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian paper drawing of a woman riding a tapir. Part of a large private collection.
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Nara Deer in Gentle Yoshino Landscape. Yoshino is in the Nara Prefecture, an area famous for these small and tame deer native to J...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Wooden Screen 4 Panels Interlock André Fu Living Partion Dividers Oak Bronze New
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Description: Wooden screen with 4 panels
Color: Grey
Size: 180(4 x 45) x 4 x 158/200/240/138 H cm
Material: Oak and bronze
Collection: Interlock
Wooden screen with 4 foldable panels in oak with bronze detail on the top edge, with wooden hinges.
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Woman Washing Her Hair by Candlelight
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Woman washing her hair by candlelight, beautifully painted with striking colors and an unusual subject. A skillful expression of an intimate moment. Taisho...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
Kawai Gyokudō Nihonga Scene Early 20th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a high-quality craft of the work drawn by Kawai Gyokudo as you can see.
It creates a texture that makes you feel a refreshing breeze, and it is
a tasty work that is carefully drawn even to lush bushes and trees.
(A guidebook (bookmark) is also included.)
"Kawaai Gyokudo"
[1873-1957] Japanese painter. Born in Aichi.
His real name is Hosaburo. Another issue, Ikuan.
At the beginning, he studied under the Shijo school and then Masakuni Hashimoto to study the Kano school, and established
his own style as a moderate landscape painting full of poetry.
Received the Order of Culture. Work "Ayaame" etc.
¦ Paper books and crafts.
¦ The condition is
beautiful.
¦ Axial dimension/approx. 128.0 cm x 62.0 cm.
¦ Paper size/approx. 40.5 cm x 51.0 cm.
¦ Incorporation/There are inscriptions/incorporations as you see.
¦ Box/Box.
awai Gyokudo (?? ??, November 24, 1873 – June 30, 1957) was the pseudonym of a Japanese painter in the nihonga school, active from Meiji through Showa period Japan. His real name was Kawai Yoshisaburo.
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Biography
Gyokudo was born in what is now Ichinomiya city, Aichi Prefecture, as the eldest son of a paper, ink and brush merchant. He went to Kyoto in 1887 to study under Kono Bairei of the Maruyama-Shijo school of painting. In 1896, he moved to Tokyo and he became the student of Hashimoto Gaho, of the Kano school. He also studied Western-style painting and developed a highly personal style, especially in the field of landscape painting.
Gyokudo is noted for his polychrome and occasionally monochrome works depicting the mountains and rivers of Japan in the four seasons, with humans and animals shown as part of the natural landscape. Among his representative works are Futsuka zuki (“The New Moon”), Yuku haru (“The Departing Spring”), Mine-no-yu (“Evening at the Mountain Top”), and Bosetsu (“Snow in the Evening”).
In 1898, Gyokudo joined with Okakura Tenshin and Yokoyama Taikan...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Lovely 20th Century Tatehiko Kan Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Crane Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Tatehiko Kan
1878-1968
Tottori Prefecture born
real name: FujiTaro Sugawara
issue: Moritora, Shizuko, Tatehiko
Japan Art Academy Imperial Award, Osaka Art Association member, Os...
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19th Century Japanese Showa Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Lovely 20th Araki Jippo Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Bird and Tree Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
"Araki jippo"
Japan painter.
Nagasaki prefecture production. First issue is Kinko. Name Teijiro.
Tokyo to study under Kanpo Araki, later it will be the Yoshishi.
You good at flow...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Actors in Dance / Theatre Scene 20th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a work of 2 scrolls figure in a Theatre/Dance Noh style.
it is a very tasty work combined with the hymns spelled at the top.
¦ Silk books and handwriting.
¦ State
There ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japan Important Hand Carved and Hand Painted Art Deco Cat Panel, Koga Tadao
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan an important Art Deco period hand carved and hand painted wooden panel in its original frame by midcentury master sculptor Koga Tadao (Meiji 36 (1903)...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Sign of Honor, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Signs of honor were presented as a gesture of gratitude to individuals who had bettered their community or in acknowledge of a respected person’s birthday. The sign would have been h...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Scroll Painting Japanese 19th-20th Century Kōgyō Terasaki Meiji
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A fabulous landscape by Kogyo Terasaki
1866-1919
Japan painter. Akita prefecture production. Character is Tokusato, Soyama-Agaryunoki, beautiful poetry Yamabito, etc. to another is...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Large Red Silk Brocade Gilded Two Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese two panel folding screen or "byobu" featuring genryoku style handcrafted silk raised kimono in cream and gold needlework on a mesmerizing red background. Tagasode is the way a genryoku kosode kimono is hung over a kimono rack...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Genpei Warriors
Located in Hudson, NY
The Genpei War took place from 1180–1185, during which the Minamoto clan rebelled against the Taira clan for control of Japan. The two clans had a bitter rivalry for years, and the M...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait with Painted Fan, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With exquisite detail and sparkling color, this portrait of a young woman is a remarkable example of reverse glass painting. Lending the finished work a subtle three-dimensional effe...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
1970s Indian Mughal Gouache Paper Drawing Depicting Military Horsemen
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian Mughal gouache paper drawing depicting military horsemen.
Part of a larger private collection.
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Lovely Meiji Period Scroll Paintings Japan Meiji Artist Fuko Matsumoto
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fuko Matsumoto, order of the rising sun,
Size: Axis, vertical 212.5 cm next to 84.7 cm
Painting, vertical 140.8 cm horizontal 66.7cm ? Differs slightly in size.
Condition: The state is good, but, wrinkle-thin stain
Biography Fuko Matsumoto 1840-1923
Japan painter. Ibaraki prefecture production. Imperial Art Academy member.
Fuko was born as the 3rd son of Matsumoto Soan in Kawachi County of Hitachi Province (Now Inashiki City of Ibaraki Prefecture) on September 14 of the 11th year of the Tenpo era.
His real given name was Toshiro.
In 1853, when Fuko was 14 years old, he went to Edo and studied painting under Oki Ichiga, who was an official painter of Tottori Domain.
Ichiga was a painter who studied the Kano, the Rinpa and the Nanpin styles, and was good at expressing flowers & birds in deep colors.
Later, Fuko studied painting under Satake Eikai, who was best pupil of Tani Buncho...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Japanese Two-Panel Screen "Leopard with Cubs"
Located in Hudson, NY
With gold clouds on gold leaf with camellia on river's edge.
In history, Japanese artists did not see leopards or tigers in real life because the animals were not native to Japan, t...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Tagasode 'Whose Sleeves?'
Located in Hudson, NY
Silk kimono mounted on paper. Kimono is 19th century, with the unusual theme of a grape arbor in embroidery. Kimono is draped over a painted lacquer kimono...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
18th Century Japanese Painting of Red and White Peonies on a Gold Leaf Ground
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This beautiful stylized depiction of red and white peonies once adorned a traditional four panel screen. Now it sits within its handmade frame, ready to grace your walls. The peony i...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Literary Gathering" Chinese Scroll Painting, c. 1923
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an Late 20th-century reproduction of a...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Hawk with Ancient Pine Overlooking Twig Fence
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful and dramatic Kano school painting of a hawk perched on a rock. With flowering cherry, peonies, pine and bamboo. Twig fence on the right is made of heavily oxidized silver...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1970s Indian Paper Drawing of Goat
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian paper drawing of a goat, part of a large private collection.
Dimensions with frame: 35 x 26 cm.
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Japanese Screens with Flowers of the Four Seasons, 19th Century
Located in Milano, IT
This pair of screens belongs to a genre of lyrical paintings of flowers, grasses, and other plants that flourished around the middle of the 17th century and became a specialty of the Sôtatsu studio. The use of a rather complex composition of clusters of flowers and the puddling of ink was initiated by Tawaraya Sôtatsu, the founder of the Rimpa School, who was active from 1600 until 1642. The screens are abstract and decorative but there is, at the same time, a keen sense of naturalism not only in the attention to accurate detail but in the profusion of vegetation. The passage of the year is symbolized by the variety of plants that bloom in different seasons. The tarashikomi - here used on leaves, petals and trunks - is a Classic Rinpa technique in which pale black ink or a color is brushed onto an area of a painting and then either darker ink, or the same or a contrasting color, is dropped into the first before it has completely dried, creating an effect of pooled colors with softly blurred edges. Its delicacy, preciousness, and effeminacy are identified with the over-refinement of its patrons, while the vigor, monochromatic discipline, sharp observation, and virile forms of the Kano school are a testament to the vitality of the rising warrior class. The plants are almost all identifiable: in the summer-spring part, you can find wheat, buttercups, irises, begonias, hydrangeas, coral bells...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
1950s Indian Mughal Paper Drawing of a Hunting Party on Antique Court Fee Stamp
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Indian Mughal gouache colorful paper drawing of a hunting party on an antique court fee stamp official paper of the state of Jaipur.
Part of a l...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Lovely Nihonga Scene Meiji/Edo Period Scroll Japan Artist Flowers and Snow
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, this is a work in which a snow fence and a cold peony sparrow figure was drawn by Mt.
In addition to the cold snow peony in the snowfall that makes you feel a myster...
Category
19th Century Japanese Showa Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
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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