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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
17th Century Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Hotei with Chinese Sages
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered late 17th/early 18th century Japanese edo period four panel byobu screen depicting hotei (fat monk) in a treed landscape with Chinese sages engaged in leisurely...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Brass

Superb Japanese Landscape Scroll with Sakura and Bamboo, 16th–17th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A refined and poetic Japanese landscape painting dating from the late Muromachi to early Edo period (16th–17th century). Executed in mineral pigments on paper, the composition captur...
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Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, 17th Century Falcon by Mitani Toshuku
Located in Kyoto, JP
Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654) “Falcon” Wall panel, ink and light color on paper. Upper seal: Mitani Lower seal: Toshuku Dimensions: Each 118.5 cm x 51 cm x 2 cm (46.5” x 20” x .75”) Individual falcon paintings by Mitani Toshuku (1577-1654), an early artist of the Unkoku School. Founded by Unkoku Togan (1547–1618), a master of the Momoyama period, the Unkoku school enjoyed long lasting patronage in southern Japan. Togan was a retainer of the Mori family in present day Yamaguchi prefecture. Members of the school considered themselves to be in the artistic lineage of Sesshu Toyo...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Six Panel Paper Screen
Located in Essex, MA
Six panel Tosa school with rich colors depicting a river and bridge. Featuring people in various pursuits. Descended in the Thayer family of Massachusetts.
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Edo Tiger Screens by Tosa Mitsusada
By Tosa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Edo Tiger Screens by Tosa Mitsusada Period: Edo Size: 358x175.5 cm SKU: PTA119 Enter the captivating world of Japanese artistry with our pair of painted...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

China Trade Painting on Paper depicting Feeding of Silkworms
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade Painting on Paper, Silk Processing-Feeding of Silkworms, Circa 1780-1820 A fine China Trade watercolor and gouache on paper depicting two of the steps in the processing ...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Egrets by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Egrets by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting illustrating two egrets in reserve with no outlines contrasting with the reeds from the marsh in the background. The painting with 3 vermillion seals of the artist in the lower left corner. Japanese dry mount paper on a wood frame with thin brocade border silver leafed surround and lacquered wood outer frame. Condition: Lighter discoloration on the lower portion of the painting, other minor signs of age, wear, stains and repairs otherwise fine condition. Age: Painting Edo Period, circa 1670. Mounting circa 1985. Image: 51-1/2 in. x 20-1/2 in. (131cm x 52cm) Frame 59-1/4 in. x 25-1/4 in. (150cm x 64cm) Weight: 6 lbs. Provenance: with Honeychurch Antiques...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

18th Century Chinese Heavily Detailed 8-Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in New Orleans, LA
18th century Chinese heavily detailed 8-panel Coromandel screen, decorated on either side, with carved open work at top and bottom of each panel, heavily gold-leafed. On the front ar...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Giltwood

Pair of Japanese Edo Rimpa School Screens after Tawaraya Sotatsu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive pair of 17th century Japanese Edo period Rinpa school screens made in the manner and style of Autumn Grasses by Tawaraya Sotatsu (1570-1640). Beautifully decorated with wi...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Elegant Horse Screen. In style of Kano Tanshin
By Kano Tanshin
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Ink on gold. This continuation of equine grace unfolds across a stunning gold-leaf backdrop, capturing the essence of nobility that horses represent in Japanese lore. The screen de...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine Anonymous. Korean, 17th century. Wall panel, ink on paper. Upper seal: Kou Kinun in Lower seal: Kaigen Dimensions: Measures: 98.5 cm x 29.5 cm (39” ...
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Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Late Edo Period Rinpa School Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Late Edo Period Rinpa School Chrysanthemum Blossom Screen Period: late Edo, early 19th century Size: 364 x 172 cm (143 x 67 inches) SKU: PTA13 This exquisite late Edo period Rinpa ...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Pair of Japanese Ink Hanging Scrolls Kano Tanyu
By Kano Tan'yu 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine matching pair of hanging scrolls ink on paper mounted in green brocade borders circa Edo period (17-18th century). The Kano school painting depicts wild geese in the reeds by the margin of water, a popular subject borrowed from the Chinese tradition. Both painting were signed as Tanyu with a red seal of Morinobu, his birth name. The storage box is also present and was inscribed with the title Painting of Geese and Reeds and Kano Tanyu...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Rare Japanese Floor Screen of Perched Eagles Soga Shohaku Edo period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare six-panel Japanese folding floor screen (Byōbu) by Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781) from Edo period. The screen depicts six perched hawk-eagles in various poses positioned in a litera...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Brocade, Wood, Paper

Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Sage Painting by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting illustrating an acolyte at a riverbank. The image of the standing Chinese figure with elongated earlobes (a symbol of enlightenment), hair tied back in a kerchief and long beard, holds a large fan in his left hand to his right shoulder. The long robes are windswept with water curls about the figures feet. The painting with 3 vermillion seals of the artist in the lower left corner. Japanese dry mount paper on a wood frame with thin brocade border silver leafed surround and lacquered wood outer frame. Condition: Paper restoration on center, a quarter of an inch of the left edge of the painting is added, other minor signs of age, wear, stains and repairs overall fine condition. Age: Painting Edo Period, circa 1670. Mounting circa 1985. Image: 51-1/2 in. x 20-1/2 in. (131cm x 52cm) Frame: 59-1/4 in. x 25-1/4 in. (150cm x 64cm) Weight: 6lbs. Provenance: with Honeychurch Antiques...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Early Kano School painting of pine trees overlooking two beautifully painted cranes and floral design in a natural setting by water’s edge. Mineral pig...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Gold Leaf

18th Century Buddhist Chinese Scroll Painting
Located in New York, NY
18th century Buddhist Chinese Scroll Painting. This is a temple piece and has been re-backed numerous times over its life span. The practice...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Mid-Edo Hawk Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Step into the world of Mid Edo Japan with our six-panel Hawk screen, each depicting a different hawk. In this period, hawks were revered not only for their majestic beauty but also f...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

18th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Lacquer Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare 18th-Century Lacquer Screen / Room Divider, Qing Dynasty A rare lacquer screen from the 18th century, crafted in wood. The screen features a sturdy frame with openwork panels at...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood

10 Lacquer Calligraphy Panels, Later Mounted as a Screen, Late 18th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare screen/room divider. Set of 10 (8 wide + 2 smaller) panels with original thick red lacquer with calligraphy in gold leaf. Later frames in black lacquer with profiled leaf-gild...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood

Japanese Two Panel Screen, Chrysanthemums
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful white chrysanthemums are emphasized by heavy gold on a soft floral landscape, while gold clouds create a striking and dream-like floral scene. Gold leaf and gofun with min...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Gold Leaf

Spanish Colonial Screen
Located in Mexico, DF
Fantastic Spanish Colonial school screen. Probably from Peru. This screen, with a kind of European landscape, give us an idea of the influence ...
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Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Winter Into Spring
Located in Hudson, NY
With snow-covered willow tree, garden stone and winter berries. Right panels have spring flowers and a view of hills in the distance (likely the Higashiyama Hills painted in Kyoto by...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Romantic Edo Peacock Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Romantic Edo Peacock Screen Period: Edo Size: 379x173 cm SKU: PTA144 Step into a world of romance with our beautiful six-panel Edo screen adorned with golden leaves. This masterpie...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Enchanting 'Seasons' Edo Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Enchanting 'Seasons' Edo Screen Period: Edo Size: 378x175 cm SKU: PTA120 Transport yourself to the enchanting beauty of Japanese nature with our exquisite...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Pair of Japanese Six Panel Screens: Floral Landscape / Mother with Young
Located in Hudson, NY
The first screen is depicting a mother watching her young frolicking under pine tree by river's edge, the second, a mother and her young playing under a ...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen by Garden’s Edge
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo period (18th century) painting of a flowing array of various types of chrysanthemums painted on beautifully faceted heavy gold leaf and behind afinely painted fence. Petals of th...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold

Lovely 17th-18th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist Kano Soyu Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a work that is said to have been drawn by Kano Soyu as you can see. It is a picture of the light-colored Sansui map carefully drawn to the smallest detail, and the towering m...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Japanese Two-Panel Screen Ink Painting of Palm Trees on Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese two-panel screen: ink painting of Palm Trees on paper, Edo period (1787) beautiful painting of Japanese windmill palm trees. Ink paint...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Chinese Early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" Painting, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An important Chinese 17th century early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" painting, mineral pigment and ink on silk, mounted as a scroll, framed and glazed. The painting depicting groups of heavenly court officials and deities descending from the clouds to participate in the Liberation Rite of Land and Water. The figures all wear full, sumptuous robes, complete with hats indicating their station. The blue, green, red, black and white of the robes decorated with gilt dragon and geometric designs. This painting is interesting in that it incorporates Daosit deities and heavenly officials coming down to participate in the Buddhist rite. There are five distinct groups of figures, each with a small inscribed plaque. Some of the groups are identified as Tian Xian, or Heavenly Immortals. The group at the bottom left are identified as the Sanguan Dadi, or Three Great Emperor-Officials. The Emperor of Heaven is dressed in blue robes with gilt painted dragons. The Emperor of Water wears black robes. The Emperor of Earth wears yellow robes...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Glass, Giltwood, Paint

Japanese Six Panel Screen Scattered Fans
Located in Hudson, NY
Striking painting depicting scattered fans painted on gold leaf. Featuring various scenes from classic Japanese literature, flowers and birds. Mineral pigmen...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

18th Century Japanese Kano School Landscape Screen
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Japanese Kano school screen with pine tree, camellias, cherry blossom and Chinese figures in the landscape, circa 18th century. Materials: Pigmen...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silver Leaf

A Late 18th Century Chinoiserie Four Panel Leather Screen
Located in London, GB
Each panel polychrome painted, decorated with Chinoiserie figurative scenes, incorporating interior and exterior settings, within a border of flowers and blue and white vases of flow...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Leather, Paint

Japanese Six-Panel Screen Waterfall and Cherry in Audubon Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: waterfall and cherry in Audubon landscape, Edo period painting, 18th century, depicting summer and spring. A Kano Schoo...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six-Panel Screen "Mother and Her Kittens"
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Mother and her kittens under flowering cherry tree. Kano School painting, mineral pigments on gold, with beautiful early bronze mounts.
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Japanese Two Panel Screens Edo Period Vignettes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive pair of Japanese two-panel byobu screens featuring late 18th-century edo period applied vignettes, poems, and paintings in various formats over a dramatic gold leaf square...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen Pine and Red Sun on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf. Signature and seal read: Anei H-eishin Boshun ga, dated: late spring 1766 with a dedication to Okyo (Maruyama).
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Period Nature Screen by Kanō Tsunenobu (2/2)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Embark on a journey through the tranquil beauty of a Japanese screen from the Edo period, crafted by the illustrious Kanō Tsunenobu, a master of the Kanō school and nephew to Kanō Ta...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Four Panel Screen: Two Tigers
Located in Hudson, NY
Two tigers exchanging amorous glances. Kano School painting.
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Important Japanese six-fold screen depicting The Tale of The Genji, 17th century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An important Japanese six-fold screen, depicting episodes from The Tale of The Genji Edo period, 17th century Ink and colour on gilded paper, H. 155 x W. 380 cm The Tale of Genji...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paint, Paper

Louis XV-Period Painted Canvas Chinoiserie Panel Framed
Located in Dallas, TX
large-scale, grand Louis XV painted canvas panel once set in boiserie, very fashionable exotic Chinoiserie decoration, great colors, beautiful scene, a seated man relaxing in the sha...
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French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Canvas, Paint

Japanese Edo Period Festival Screen, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century folding screen is a stunning example of Japanese artistry. Beautifully painted with delicate brushwork, the evocative sc...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper

Japanese Edo Two Panel Screen Children Playing Catching Fish
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Delightful late 18th century/early 19th century Japanese Edo period two panel byobu screen depicting children at play near a riverbank and catching fish. Painted in the Maruyama-Shij...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Summer Flowers Eight-Panel Botanical Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Summer Flowers Eight-Panel Botanical Screen Period: Late Edo Size: 352x117 cm (138x46 inches) SKU: PTA42 Immerse yourself in the splendor of late Ed...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

The Plovers over the Sea Shores Screen (2/2)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
The Plovers over the Sea Shores Screen Period: 18th century (Edo period) Size: 360 x 170 cm (141.7 x 66.9 inches) SKU: PA39 Travel back in time with this classic Edo period screen,...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Pair of 18th Century Japanese Edo Screens of Chinese Immortals
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mesmerizing pair of late 18th/early 19th century Japanese Edo period byobu screens by Shibata Gito (Japanese 1780-1819). The paintings depict Chinese immortals in a dreamy landscape....
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Late 17th-Early 18th Century Japanese Six-Panel Screen, Battle at Uji Bridge
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Battle at Uji Bridge, the first battle at Uji was in 1180 and it marked the start of the Heike Wars. The Genji troops crossed the...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Edo Period Rimpa School Golden Screen - Summer Florals
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Edo Period Golden Screen - Summer Florals Period: Edo Size: 285 x 92.5 cm (112.2 x 36.4 inches) SKU: PTA141 This Edo period screen is a golden-framed window into the summer gardens...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold Leaf

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Waka Poems on Basketry Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Ribbons of 17th century calligraphy poems are mounted on an 18th century screen with a woven bamboo motif. These poems are aristocratic Waka poem...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf

Kano School ca 1700 Scene Edo Period Scroll Japan 17/18c Artist Tosa Mitsunari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
As you can see, the "Edo period" Kano school old painting Unryu Horaiyama map / with a box. It is a very tasty work , which is a map of Unryu and Horaiyama that makes you feel a un...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk

The Plovers over the Sea Shores Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
The Plovers over the Sea Shores Screen Period: 18th century (Edo period) Size: 360 x 170 cm (141.7 x 66.9 inches) SKU: PA39 Travel back in time with this classic Edo period screen,...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen: Karako 'Chinese Children'
Located in Hudson, NY
Children at play in a Chinese palace garden, a favorite subject of Japanese painters. Kano School painting in mineral pigments on mulberry paper with si...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Bronze

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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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Canvas

Silk Scroll Painting by Matsumura Keibun, 18th Century
By Matsumura Keibun
Located in New York, NY
A silk parchment scroll with a Camellia Flower painting, by Japanese artist Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843). The younger half-brother to Matsumura Goshun, founder of the Shijo schoo...
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Asian Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Parchment Paper

Japanese Screen "the Song of Everlasting Sorrow"
Located in PARIS, FR
Six-panels screen depicting the exit from the city of a Chinese emperor on horseback and his concubine in a luxurious palanquin. It may be a scene illustrating the poem The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chang hen ge, ???) written by Bai Juyi (772-846), which recounts the tragic love story between the emperor Ming Huang (also known as Tang Xuanzong, 685-762) and his favorite concubine, the beautiful Yang Guifei...
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Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Chinese Spotted Deer Painting Fragment, c. 1751
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as spirit screens, small Chinese table screens such as this were often used to block drafts and other intrusions in a scholar's workspa...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Paper, Pearwood

Late 18th to Early 19th Century Hawk Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Late 18th to Early 19th Century Hawk Screen Period: Late Edo Size: 372 x 125 cm (146.4 x 49.2 inches) SKU: PTA63 Behold the grandeur of the late Edo per...
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Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Wood, Paper

English Portrait Of A Lady From Circa End Of The 17th Century
Located in Chonburi, TH
Circle of Willem Wissing Oil on canvas in its original frame Canvas size 65x75cm = 25.5”x29.5" Including frame 82x93cm = 32”x36.5" The oil painting is in excellent condition. Fr...
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British Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings and Screens

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Canvas, Linen, Wood

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