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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: Late 20th Century
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Sheep Resting under Grape Arbor
Located in Hudson, NY
Soft mineral pigments on silk with brocade border. Signature and seal read: Jyogyu
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Wood Wall Panel from Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A vintage wood panel from Indonesia, circa 1920. Hand-carved teak wood, with its original blue color, naturally distressed by time and the elements....
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1920s Indonesian Arts and Crafts Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Song Birds in Sakura
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exceptional Japanese Meiji period two-panel screen, circa 1900. Featuring songbirds amid sakura cherry trees and flowering peony. Made in the Nihonga School style on handcrafted mulb...
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20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Flowers by River's Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
1950s Asian Eight-Panel Silk Embroidered Folding Floor Screen Room Divider
Located in Germantown, MD
A beautiful Chinese Embroidered Eight-Fold Floor Screen or room divider in good vintage condition. Stunning roses, birds butterflies embroidered. ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Eight-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two part eight-panel wooden screen from the early 20th century, with low-relief carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features a brown lacquered ground accented with dark red highlights, and adorned with low-relief-carved motifs in its upper section, depicting scrolling cartouches with central rosettes. Each panel showcases a vertical organization of gilded calligraphy in the center, followed by an horizontal section with scrollwork surrounding a central medallion. The lower part is adorned with additional motifs carved in low relief, depicting either vases, birds and flowers, fishes or monkeys. The ensemble is completed by meanders creating a perfect visual punctuation. The screen is currently made of two parts with four panels each. Boasting a nicely distressed patina, this early 20th century Chinese eight-panel carved wooden...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Lacquer Penguins
Located in Hudson, NY
Beige ground lacquer with black and grey lacquer penguins with small pieces of shell making up white areas. Lacquer on wood. Writing reads: Lacquer Screen By Izumi Atsuhiko. It was ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Shell, Wood, Lacquer
Middle Eastern Miniature Painting on Shell
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand Painted Asian Persian miniature painting on a sea oyster shell.
Middle Eastern Moorish design miniature painting on shell, very fine ...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Paintings and Screens
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Chinese Yangliuqing New Year Painting of Beauty and Baby, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...
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1920s Chinese Folk Art Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Mongolian Vivid Small Thangka, 7845
Located in Ukiah, CA
One of the most vivid small Thangkas I have ever owned. Purchased from a wealthy Mongolian collector along with 3 other fine small Thangkas in the 1990's from his very best personal pieces as a thank you for a long friendship. Painted thangka is 6.75 x 9 inches, frame is 13 x 15 1/8 inches. Custom mat and frame, with museum glass and silk matting. Exquisite. Not inexpensive for a small Thangka, but you won't find better. Probably early to mid 20th century (in reality many of the Mongolian Thangkas sold in the west as 19thC are early 20thC, as the environment there causes cloth and paper to usually soil, darken and degrade. The number of truly early Thangkas that are bright and clean are very few. Even most of the early/mid 20th Cones show great wear and soiling. This one almost sure lived all of its life in a large Gau box or in a drawer or trunk, as the colors look as bright as the day it was painted. It was very difficult 20 years ago to find pieces like this- today is nearly impossible. Many of my pieces like this end up...
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Early 20th Century Mongolian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Antique Six-Panel Folding Screen with Stained Glass Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique six-panel folding screen from the early 20th century, with green, blue and yellow stained glass, geometric motifs and wooden panels. Created in China during the first half of the 20th century, this large folding screen features six panels each adorned with a careful arrangement of opaque octagonal motifs surrounded by colorful stained glass with scrolling or textured motifs. The lower section is made of delicately raised panels surrounded by recessed accents. Folding screens likely originate back to the Han Dynasty, circa 200 BC as evidence in tombs shows. The Chinese considered screens as objects of contemplation and a source of spiritual and creative inspiration. The screens were used to protect from drafts, to provide a sense of privacy or to simply partition a room. With its nice proportions and complimenting colors, this Chinese antique stained glass folding screen...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stained Glass, Wood
Qing Dynasty Chinese Painting of a Royalty Related Couple with Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the early 20th century of a royalty related couple with dragon motifs painted on a linen canvas. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty in the early years of the 20th century, this custom framed painting depicts a couple wearing either a red (a symbol of luck in China) or green robe. The depiction of dragons relates them to the Imperial family, but having four claws and not five as codified, the couple is likely part of the royal family, not the Imperial couple themselves. Accented with typical motifs such as bats, flaming pearls and rain-filled clouds, the robes are filled with symbols. Wearing ornate headdresses, the couple is sitting on elegant chairs. Set inside custom made frames, the paintings show great signs of age. While the entire piece measures 40.5"W x 1"D x 53"H, the painting itself is 36.5"W x 49". With its vivid colors and interesting subject, this Chinese Qing Dynasty painting...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Plexiglass
Vintage Tibetan Thangka Goddess Dakinis
Located in Somis, CA
A rare offering. This amazing vintage hand painted Thangka depicts the Tibetan female celestial goddess Dakinis, whose ferocious expression subdues negative and demonic forces. In Alidh Asana posture, she wears a garland of human skulls, with a Khartwanga wand resting against her shoulder. Her face wrathful in expression, her feet firmly pressing down on devils masqueraded in human form above lotus base. With her right hand the deity holds a blue Kartika symbolizing severance of all material. With her left hand she drinks blood from a skull cup...
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20th Century Bhutanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Canvas
Framed Korean Folk Shamanistic Painting of Seven Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk painting watercolor on linen (silk) with a cloth mat and walnut wood frame. The work is in the shamanistic style and depicts the Tao...
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Early 20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile
Chinese Six-Panel Lacquer Screen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Chinese six-panel lacquer screen.
This lovely and versatile screen is in the great style of Coco Chanel who loved to decorate with Coromandel s...
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Modern Signed Oriental Watercolor Woman with Child
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Modern signed oriental watercolor
Woman and Child with a fish
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certifica...
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Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Superb and Architectural Chinese Carved Wood and Glass Four-Panel Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Provenance: Christie’s. The panels with carved figural vignettes- floral vines at the top, the bottom with small ones with figures at various tasks in landscapes with houses, the lar...
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Early 20th Century Asian Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
"Unai No Tomo" Early 20th C. Japanese Illustrated Toy Books, Volumes #2, #3, #4
Located in Norton, MA
Early 20th century Japanese illustrated toy books. "Unai No Tomo". Ca. 1911. 3 volumes from the larger set. Each volume includes numerous color woodblock illustrations of various toy...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Vintage Four Panel Lacquer and Carved Hardstone Screen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century Asian black lacquer screen with carved coloured hardstone figures and scenery.
Category
1950s French Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
Antique Japanese Meiji Period Silk Embroidered Screen Room Divider Byobu C.1900
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Meiji period silk embroidered screen /room divider Byobu C.1900 Kyoto, Japan.
Silk embroidered satin lacquer framed panels....
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Lacquer
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 Screen in Hard Stones, Early 1900s, China
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Chinese screen in hard stones, early 1900s, China
Consisting of 4 facades, it presents hard stone figures on the front and on the back d...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Embroidered Silk Gilt Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes. Stunning pattern of Hanaguruma (flower cart) laden with d...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Bali Hindu Textile Framed 'Kamasan' Painting, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An early 20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. It has been framed with a ...
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Early 20th Century Balinese Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Abstract Stone Sculpture by Unknown Artist from Japan
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A stone object of unknown author from Japan. The stone is carved and polished. Very attractive shape and high quality nice work.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stoneware
Oriental Woman, Enamel on Board, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental woman is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by an Oriental artist.
Mixed colored enamel on board.
The painting...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Enamel
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
Japanese Single Wood Panel: Lacquered Wild Grasses
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful fine detail of a variety of wild grasses. Lacquer on wood panel with carved surface and metal rim. Exhibited at National Nitten Exhibition 1969.
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
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...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Style Two-Panel Screen Winter Goose in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Showa period two panel folding byobu screen depicting a large white goose in flight in an evening snow covered winter landscape. Made in the American school style watercolor...
Category
20th Century Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Landscape Painting on Gilt Wood Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4013 Hand painted Japanese landscape on gilt wood panel.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Chinese Watercolour on Silk Paintings, China, c.1940
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese watercolour on silk paintings, China, C.1940.
Framed in its original silk brocade border.
Presented unframed.
In exce...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paint
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...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Chinese Lattice Window Panel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century lattice window panel likely originated in a northern Chinese home with neutral and balanced interiors. The geometric lattice pattern is linear and open, and was designed to allow light and air into a room while maintaining privacy. Assembled by carefully joining long strips of carved wood, this lattice window has an even, squared pattern that reveals a large diamond formation. Crafted of pine wood, we love this vintage lattice...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Pine
Framed Korean Folk Painting of General Guan Gong
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk Shamanism watercolor on textile matted with woven brocade and presented in a wood frame with an oriental style metal hanging hardware. The painting was estimated to be from early 20th century circa 1910-1930s. It depicts Guan Yu (160-220AD), a legendary Chinese warrior and general from Eastern Han Dynasty. Long worshiped in China as a deity, across all three major religions, Guan Gong...
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Early 20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Textile, Brocade
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...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, 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
Japanese Single Wood Panel: Abstract Lines in Red and Gold Lacquer
Located in Hudson, NY
Lacquer and aluminum on wood. Exhibited at Northern Japan Art Exhibition. Signature reads: Yuki.
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Aluminum
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
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
Materials
Brass
Chinese Byobu Style Screen Four Celestial Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Whimsical Chinese four-panel byobu style screens depicting four celestial beauties in clouds. Colorful medium sized screen, ink and color painted on gold silk ground, 20th century ti...
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20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Moon and Blossoms Hand Painted Scroll
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Hand painted scroll of moon and flower blossoms
Will be shipped rolled up
Size 28 x 72" open
28 x 3" rolled up.
Category
1960s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint, Paper
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
Japanese Vintage Screen After Hiroshige "Tokaido Road" Byobu 28 Prints
Located in South Burlington, VT
This unusual Japanese six-panel Byobu screen with twenty eight (28) authentic and old Hiroshige Tokaido Road series ukiyo-e prints applied on paper, ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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 ...
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Late 20th Century American Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Birch, Acrylic
Chinese Soapstone, Semiprecious Hardstone and Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Miami, FL
This stunning Chinese screen is an exceptionally well-crafted piece, beautifully decorated with intricate semiprecious hardstone carvings. Measuring ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Precious Stone
Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pearlescent Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring an idyllic seascape with beauties. The background is comprised of pearlescent crystal sand that shines like glitter ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
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)...
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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...
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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...
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1970s Israeli Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Midcentury Painting of an Asian Artist in His Studio
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting mid-century modern oil on canvas painting depicting an Asian artist seated in front of Asian paintings in his studio. The canvas measures 18 i...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Black Lacquer Wall Panel, Chunli Quang V-N, 1960s, Vietnam
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large Vietnamese black lacquer panel circa 1960s.
This vintage lacquer painting on canvas is mounted on wood frame with two metal hook to hang.
The landscape is on black lacquer ground. You see beautiful flowers, trees, birds and animals. Also architecture like the pond and bridge. Warriors fighting on the bridge. Near the fence two servants watching. Look at the details like the persons which are made in relief from shell. Use of a kind of stone to create beautiful accents. This piece of art is signed Chunli Quang V-N.
This large wall decoration...
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Mid-20th Century Vietnamese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Canvas
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
circa 1930 Japanese Silver Screens by Isoi Joshin, Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
Flowers of the four seasons
Isoi Joshin (1883-1964)
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens
Ink, pigment, lacquer and silver leaf on pa...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
1960s Hand-Painted Wood and Porcelain Tabletop Screen
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s hand-painted wood and porcelain tabletop screen
Each panel is 5” wide and has prominent colors of blue, green, pink, and yellow.
Category
1960s Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
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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