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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
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).
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" 'Shop Sign', Late Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" (Shop Sign) with mirror, Meiji Period.
The Medicine being advertised is a soothing cream used to relieve itchin...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Abstract Seascape Painting
Located in Brattleboro, VT
Wonderful abstract seascape painting, circa TBD
Acrylic on canvas with birch frame.
Subtle stokes of the brush marks creating texture on the canvas ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Birch, Acrylic
Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Pichhavai Hindu Painting of Radha and Krishna with Female Gopis.
Pichhwai Hindu Painting of Krishna and Radha framed under glass.
Kris...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Japanese Silver Screen Pair, Meiji Period, Herons & Plovers, Shijo School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Heron & Plovers
Ink and silver leaf on paper
Maekawa Bunrei (1837-1917)
A pair of low six-panel Japanese screens by Maekawa Bunrei, a later master of the Kyoto based Shijo school of painting. On the right screen a solitary white heron stands motionless in a stream. On the left screen plovers play along a shoreline. The elegant forms are executed employing fluid, minimalistic ink brushstrokes. The soft brushstrokes and the sharp light of the silver leaf lend the scenes a sense of translucence. The sophisticated composition superbly exploits the long, horizontal pictorial surface of the pair of folding screens...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Silk Embroidered Screen or Room Divider Believed to Be Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
What a magnificent one-of-a-kind Valentine's Day gift this would be! Wow!!
Four panel Chinese silk embroidered screen or room divider believed to be created during the late Qing Dynasty. Four ivory silk embroidered panels housed in a wooden frame form the screen or room divider. The 100 bird...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Leather, Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Thread, Natural Fiber, G...
Autumn Sowing
Located in Hudson, NY
Gouache painting on paper of farmers tilling and sowing a field, by Ton Yan Kui. Unsigned with label from A.M. Adler Fine Art, NY. Comes framed.
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pruning the Orchard with Brown Ox
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese gouache painting on paper of farmers tending the land. Signed on the reverse, comes framed.
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pruning the Orchard with Blue Ox
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese gouache painting on paper of farmers tending to the land. Signed on the reverse. Comes framed.
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Woman, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Chinese portrait depicts a young woman and was painted using a reverse glass painting technique. Painting in reverse on the opposite side of a piece of glass meant the painter h...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Two-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-panel screen from the early 20th century, with carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Abstract Floral Bamboo East Fence Snow Delight Watercolor Painting
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage Chinese semi-abstract watercolor painting showing a vine of flowers twisting around a bamboo fence with snow. Circa 1980s. Measure: 28"
This art is called ?(east)?(fence)...
Category
1980s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
China Natural Stone "Painting" Restless Sea and Waves
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting "Restless Sea and Waves" #6 unique painting
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of sea and waves in action in white and gray colors 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.
On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads:
Beautiful Action of sea and waves
Framed under glass
Dimensions:
Frame: 13 inches high and 17.5 inches wide.
Site: 6.5 inches high and 11 inches wide.
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of "White and Gray" dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone, were cut from stone found on Shuang Yang mountain in Dali mountains Captivating compositions, they might remind us of a long string of rugged mountain caps from a distance. These dream stones are cut from a scarce regional stone yielding notoriously “fuzzy” detailed paintings. To find examples possessing clear, contrasting detail like this one is indeed a rare find. Fine stone paintings like this example are rare as access to and availability of resource material diminishes. After a thin coating of wax is carefully applied to its surface to protect and reveal its beautiful subtle colors, this stone painting is signed upper right position with poetic verse and seal of an artisan who describes its majestic beauty.
Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible, 35 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-578. See photos.
We have have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Hauntingly Beautiful Portrait of a Young Yemenite Girl by William Weintraub
By William Weintraub
Located in Tucson, AZ
Hauntingly beautiful oil on canvas painting of a young Yemenite girl by Israeli artist William Weintraub (b.1926). The frame probably needs to be replaced. The canvas itself measures 19.75" x 28.75". There is minor paint loss to near the elbow but it does not detract from the overall beauty of this painting. Comes with a vintage "Hang-o-Lite" picture light.
American-born, “Sonny” Weintraub was one of Israeli’s best-known young painters of Israelis, Yemenite and Oriental children, as well as old people (including Ben Gurion...
Category
1970s Israeli Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Set of Eight Chinese Watercolors of Working Women
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare antique set of eight Chinese watercolors depicting women in various occupations executed in a traditional delicate style on pith. Presented in a gilt carved wood Asian style fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
Vtg Zhongxiang Liu Chinese Chinoiserie Botanical Floral Watercolor Painting
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage chinoiserie watercolor painting showing a variety of flowers on a plain white background, faux bamboo frame. Attributed to Zhongxiang Liu. Circa 1980s.
Category
1980s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
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
Chinese Watercolor Painted on Paper
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chinese watercolor painted on paper
20th century painting with small wet spot.
Category
Early 20th Century Central Asian Arts and Crafts Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Pine
Japanese Two Panel Screen Cherry and Forsythia
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on silk. Signature and seal read: Shunsei (or Haruo).
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Paper
20th Century Showa Period Garden Folding Screen Two Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Oriental Spring Garden: Japanese two-panel screen painted on rice paper from the Showa period.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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)...
Category
1910s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
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.
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Screen, Early 20th Century Wagtail & Chrysanthemum by Ishizaki Koyo
Located in Kyoto, JP
Ishizaki Koyo (1884-1947)
Wagtail & Chrysanthemum
Early 20th century
Folding screen in two-panels. Ink, pigments and gofun on gold leaf.
Sign: Koyo
Seal: Koyo
This ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Silver
Japanese Two Panel Screen Mother and Puppies Under Bamboo
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on paper. Signature and seal read: Shigehiro.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Yasse Tabuch Signed Dedicated and Dated Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Yasse Tabuch Signed Dedicated and Dated Watercolor
Asian Fine Art Painting
Yasse Tabuchi’s paintings belongs to the same line as that of the group of pai...
Category
1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
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...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
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...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
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
Materials
Enamel
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
Materials
Paper
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
Materials
Silk
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
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.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Four Fold Screen with Paintings of Dogs
By Maud Earl 2
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...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mahogany
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...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
"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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples
Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930
Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk.
Signature: Goho
Seal: Goho
A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
China Natural Stone "Painting" Seaside Along White and Gray Mountains
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone & with custom hardwood frame
"Seaside White and Gray Mountains" #2
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a mountain range in white and gray colors 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.
On occasion, private collectors would invite an artisan to inscribe a poetic description onto their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads:
Custom Arts & Crafts hardwood frame
Dimensions:
Frame: 10.75 inches high and 15 inches wide.
Site: 6.25 inches high and 10.5 inches wide.
Provenance: Private Chinese collection, Yunnan, China.
History of "White and Gray" dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone, were cut from stone found on Shuang Yang mountain in Dali mountains Captivating compositions, they might remind us of a long string of rugged mountain caps from a distance. These dream stones are cut from a scarce regional stone yielding notoriously “fuzzy” detailed paintings. To find examples possessing clear, contrasting detail like this one is indeed a rare find. Fine stone paintings like this example are rare as access to and availability of resource material diminishes. After a thin coating of wax is carefully applied to its surface to protect and reveal its beautiful subtle colors, this stone painting is signed upper right position with poetic verse and seal of an artisan who describes its majestic beauty.
Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible, 35 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-578. See photos.
We have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
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
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
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...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stained Glass, Wood
20th Century Chinese Abstract Painting by Qu Jian Xiong
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese painting by Qu Jian Xiong
Fantastic original painting by noted Chinese artist Qu Jian Xiong.
Original mixed media with paints and inks. Dimensions 23" x 23".
The fra...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
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
Materials
Wood
China Century Old Dream Stone "Landscape Paintings" with Original Frames, Pair
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find
Impressive wall display of two (2) Chinese dream stone "Landscape Paintings" with original period frames these wonderful
round natura...
Category
1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
1950s Japanese People Drawing w/ Giltwood Frame
Located in Marbella, ES
Original 1950s Japanese people drawing with giltwood frame
Frame measurements: 32x42x1cm.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Large Pichhavai Painting of Krishna with Female Gopis Dancing
By Rajhastani
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art 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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