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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Large Colorful Pichhavai Silk Asian Painting with Krishna and Radha
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A large Pichhavai painting depicting Krishna, represented in multiple places with female Gopis dancing and offering, great colors, the composition is enclosed in a lush green forest ...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Pair of Burmese Early 20th Century Giltwood Framed Paintings
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of vibrantly colored Burmese water color paintings of Deities. The early 20th century paintings in mid 20th century professionally framed giltwood frames.
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Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens

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Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Pair of Chinese Antique Screens, Doors, Orchids and Pomegranates
Located in Somis, CA
This is a pair of beautiful, early 20th century Chinese antique door screens. The top section is formed by a Chinese longevity pattern, which are c...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen Nihonga Style Painting of Children in Western Dress
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful soft painting of mineral pigments and ink on paper with a silk brocade border.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Set of Four Japanese Silk Hanging Scrolls Screens C.1920
Located in London, GB
A stunning set of four Japanese silk mounted vertical hanging scrolls. Dating from C.1920 Taisho Period. The watercolour and ink on silk depicts a larg...
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Silk

France Art Deco Beautiful Women Four Seasons Panel Set Four 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an important thirty year old New England collection of Arts & Crafts furnishings. Four unique Four Seasons works of art, circa 1930. This is a beautiful French art deco period set of four (4) hand incised hard wood panels depicting beautiful women...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Pine

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.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Chrysanthemum Pavilion
Located in Hudson, NY
with applied gold and silver roof, light color and pigment on paper with gold flake and red frame.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Cherry and Forsythia
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Shunsei (or Haruo).
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

"Egrets Amongst Lotuses" Japanese Paper Byobu Screen, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Everything about "Egrets Amongst Lotuses" is timeless and delicate, particularly the fine paper, soft colors, and detailed brushstrokes. The painting is signed Kyokata and dates to t...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen "Women in Western Dress"
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Women in Western Dress, Nihonga style painting of two young women in Western style summer clothing, sitting at water's edge and cooling off by putting their feet in the water. Showa period painting...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Rising Through Bamboo on Silver Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two panel screen: Moon rising through bamboo on silver leaf, Meiji period painting (1868 - 1912) of the moon rising on the horizon with a garden stone in the foreground. Lic...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Tibetan Thangka Depicting the Bhavacakra, Early 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Tibetan Thangka Depicting The Bhavacakra Early 20th century, Color on cloth. A thangka showing the bhavacakra with the ancient five cyclic realms of samsara in Buddhi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Linen

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens Moon Rising Through Autumn Grasses
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink with accents of gold on paper. By Kodama Sanrei (1915-2002) exhibited at the 1968 Nippu-ten. About the Artist: Kodama Sanrei was born in Nagano prefecture and studied under the a...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Landscape and Waterfall Nihonga Scene Showa Period Scroll Japan Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Some errors will occur in the dimensions. Please understand. Status: The condition is good, but please understand stains, wrinkles, and stains. Measures: Axis vertical 193 cm, hori...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Framed Silk Painting, Turtledoves and Peaches, Taisho Era, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Nakamura Daizaburo Turtledoves in a Peach Tree Taisho period, circa 1920 Framed painting. Mineral pigments, ink and gofun on silk Signed: Daizaburo Dimensions (framed)...
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1910s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Silk

Large Studio Painting
Located in New York, NY
A signed 1937 large oil on canvas painting depicting a naked woman near a sculpture and other figures. Measurements: Height: 72” Width: 48”.
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1930s American Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Japanese Four Panel Taisho Period Screen Bamboo & Blossom, circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Japanese four panel Taisho Period (1912-1926) screen. Depicting bamboo, blossom and birds in flight. Signed. Mineral pigment on mulberry paper with silk brocade border, within a lac...
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1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair, Fig Trees by Hiroe Kashu 'B.1890'
Located in Kyoto, JP
Fig Trees Hiroe Kashu (b.1890) Taisho era, circa 1920 Pair of six-fold Japanese screens Ink, malachite, gold and silver on paper Dimensions: Each Screen measures H...
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Early 20th Century Asian Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Silver

Japanese Six Panel Screen Various Trees in a Garden Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
With training lines on some branches, typical in Japanese arboreal sculpting. Colorful mineral pigments on paper. Beautiful hand-printed back paper.
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1920s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two Panel Screen Mother and Puppies Under Bamboo
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on paper. Signature and seal read: Shigehiro.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen Bamboo Forest in Kyoto
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink painting of bamboo on nicely patinated silver leaf. Dated 1919, Signature reads: Seikoku.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

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

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Philippine Handcrafted Solid Mahogany Carved Screen, Philippines, 1930
Located in Madrid, ES
Traditional Philippine hand carved solid Mahogany 3-panel see-through screen.
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1930s Philippine Japonisme Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Album of Japanese Shunga 28 Paintings Early 20th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Album of erotic paintings. Japan. Early 20th century. Shunga with 28 paintings, real hand-painted. Ink and colors on silk. Brocade mounts. 9.25 x 7in. Image sizes from (4" ~ 4.5") W ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Chinese Folding Screen Mounted with Cloisonné Enamel Panels
Located in London, GB
Chinese folding screen mounted with cloisonné enamel panels Chinese, early 20th Century Opened: Height 185cm, width 264cm, depth 3cm Closed: Hei...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Enamel

Chinese Watercolor Painted on Paper
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chinese watercolor painted on paper 20th century painting with small wet spot.
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Early 20th Century Central Asian Arts and Crafts Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Chinese Early 20th Century Fretwork Four-Panel Screen with Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese fretwork four-panel screen from the early 20th century, with geometric motifs and floral accents. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this wooden s...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs
Located in London, GB
A Rare four-fold screen The panels by Maud Earl The screen of rounded rectilinear form and constructed from mahogany, with two pierced broken swan-neck pediments atop, with carved f...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Paintings and Screens

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Mahogany

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens, Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima
Located in Hudson, NY
Pigment on silk. Various walkways interconnecting the temple complex with one lone figure of a woman. Back paper is hand-stamped with mica paint. Signature and seal read: Gekkan
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Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Large Antique Chinese Hand Painted Wallpaper Section in Carved Hardwood Frame
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderfully charming large and colorful Chinese hand painted wallpaper section in a carved and shaped hardwood frame. The wallpaper dates to the first half of the 20th century or e...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood, Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Hibiscus In Bloom
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Hibiscus in Bloom, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) painting of hibiscus flowers reaching for the sun in full bloom. Mineral pigments on silk with a silk brocad...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Pair of Chinese 1920s Red and Black Lacquered Signs with Hand Carved Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese red and black signs from the early 20th century with hand carved and lacquered calligraphy. Created in China during the first quarter of the 20th century, each of this pair of vertical signs captures our attention with its carved calligraphy, lacquered in black and standing out beautifully on a red ground, sprinkled with golden touches. With their nice dimensions and contrasting colors, this pair of Chinese calligraphy signs...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen Snow Flakes Falling in the Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
With young bamboo and winter berry in the foreground and footprints in the snow. Mineral pigments and mica on paper. Seal reads: Seikan.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Ink and Wash Scroll Painting by Watanabe Seitei
Located in Atlanta, GA
Watanabe Seitei, also known as Watanabe Shotei (1851–1918), was born in late Edo period. He was one of the earliest Japanese artists who visited and be...
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Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Paper

Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This intricately detailed composition is a late-Qing dynasty ancestor portrait depicting several generations of a family's male ancestry. Or...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Spring Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Paper

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

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Silk

Large Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A large Pichhavai painting of Krishna with female Gopis dancing Krishna playing flute on a bed of lotus, the composition is enclosed in a lush gree...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Early 20th Century Japanese Framed Painting, White Peacocks on Silk and Gold
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kasahara Seiken White peacocks, circa 1916 Framed painting. Ink, color and gofun on silk. A Taisho period Japanese nihonga painting depicting a pair of white peacocks re...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

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.
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1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Chinese Six-Panel Art Nouveau Floor Screen/ Room Divider, Shanghai, circa 1900
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese six-panel Art Nouveau room divider or screen. Wood with original green lacquer. Each panel has 6 square colored glass panels and is a...
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Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Paintings and Screens

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Stained Glass, Wood

Chinese Export Eight Panel Screen.
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a lovely Chinese export hand painted screen, with an unusual sienna back ground, carved and painted overall with figures and animals.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Framed Chinese Calligraphy Scroll, circa 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Set against a silk brocade backing, this early 20th century paper scroll is brushed with a work of painterly calligraphy. Expressing notions of endurance and moral fortitude, the scr...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Rare Triptych Scroll Paintings by Watanabe Seitei Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of three paintings of ink and watercolor on silk mounted within brocade borders as scrolls by Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918). This is a very rare an...
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Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Silk, Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Bird on a Rock on a Minimalist Ground
Located in Hudson, NY
Lovely unusual shading and merging of colors. Mica paint on paper. Good example of western influence on Japanese art. Signature reads: (Masaharu) Ryo. Seal is unreadable.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Antique Chinese Art Reverse Painted Immortal & Boy with Peach Painting on Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique Chinese hand painted reverse painting on glass. Features an Immortal and a boy holding a peach (A symbol of all things good). Great detail and color. Painting displays well a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Glass

France Antique "Brittany" Paul Fouillen Arts Crafts Pyrography Panels
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection of fine Arts & Crafts furnishings. Two large all original unique works of art, circa 1920 This is a beautiful set of two (2) hand incised and...
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Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Japanese Two Panel Screen Summer Garden on Silver
Located in Hudson, NY
Flowers including peonies, dahlias, irises, and bellflowers bloom underneath a blossoming cherry tree and provide cover for a pair of quail. The structure of this garden almost resem...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen South Seas Fire Dancers
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink and color on buff ground, on paper. reads: Nankaino omoide (memory of south sea) signature and seal read: Katsuyuki. Very unusual subject matter.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Full Moon Through Plum Orchard
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: Full moon through plum orchard. Taisho period (1912 - 1926) painting of a full moon shining through the craggy branches of plum trees. Wonderful painting s...
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1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood

Large Chinese Early 20th Century Hand Carved Shop Sign with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese hand carved shop sign from the early 20th century, with calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this shop sign features Chinese char...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Winter Landscape with Flowering Plum
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Winter landscape with flowering plum, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a full moon with wild grasses between river's edge and a snow covered plum tree ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

CHINESE 6-PANEL Sculptured Wooden SCREEN
Located in Hawthorne, CA
An early 20th century Chinese framed lattice-work six-panel screen with upper sections in openwork geometric motif. An exquisite design in pristine condition will work wonders for an...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

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Hardwood

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

Lovely 19th-20th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist Kawagoi Tamado Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a high-quality craft of the work drawn by Kawai Yudou as you can see. The slightly hazy distant mountains are really tasty, and the pine tree drawn in the foreground is a very tasty work. «Kawagoedado» [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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Four-Panel Screen Water Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese four-panel screen: Water landscape, Meiji period (1868-1912) painting of a waterfall on the left, leading to a meandering stream amongst a hi...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

Blossom and Tree Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Araki Kanpo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
If it is good enough for the Japanese emperor :) The painting's inscription says that it was painted in the artist's 82nd year, which would be 1913. In the early Meiji Period following the Buncho ideal of hasshu kengaku ('learning eight schools'), Kanpo expanded his talents to incorporate Western painting techniques and began studying oil painting with Kawakami Togai (1827-1881) and Kunisawa Shinkuro (1847-1877). He achieved notable recognition as an oil painter and apparently was awarded the honor of painting a portrait of the Empress Dowager. Later Kanpo returned to Nihonga and continued to receive numerous honors for his work. He received a silver medal (2nd place) at the Tokyo Prefecture Crafts Competition in 1887; 2nd place with a painting of peacocks...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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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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