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A Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese calligraphy relating to the story of the front with a border of flowers in vases, animals, and
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Large Carved and Gilt Decorated Chinese Screen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
and gilt decoration. The top sections with vines with fruits, the second level ends with calligraphy
Category
20th Century Ming Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Painted Fans on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments on gold leaf with brocade border. Calligraphy and sketching on back paper.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Single Panel Painting Moon and Plum Design
Winter Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
calligraphy. The calligraphy is a poem about winter. Signature reads: Matsuura Ryosai, Dated: 1890. Ink on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Qing Four Panel Lacquered Incised Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
gilt finish. The opposite side features six sections of Chinese script calligraphy over a dramatic red
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Hanging Scroll Painting of a Winter Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
painted by artist Wang Yu in the style of late 17th century calligraphy. Tucked within the snowy cliffs
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Silk
Early 20th Century Japanese 6-Panel Gouache and Gold Leaf Painted Table Screen
Located in Morristown, NJ
with calligraphy or pictorial images. This is a very fine example; highly decorative and of excellent
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Inside Painted Glass, "Landscape" Snuff Bottle by Fu Guoshun, 1996
Located in Tainan, TW
glory. He is also the director of China International Painting and Calligraphy Association, vice
Category
20th Century Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Three Jewels of Buddhism
Located in Hudson, NY
jewels of Buddhism are the teacher, the lesson, and the Community. Loose translation of calligraphy
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Seasonal Poems
Located in Hudson, NY
Four individual mounted panels of calligraphy. Each panel contains a poem inspired by one of the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Paper
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
Category
Antique 17th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen Ink Painting of Banana Leaves on Mulberry Paper
Located in Hudson, NY
background. Ink painting (sumi-e) on mulberry paper. Signature reads: Okyo. Calligraphy reads: 1787 middle of
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Pair of Japanese Vintage Gilded Embroidered Silk Wall Decorative Art, circa 1935
Located in Takarazuka, JP
calligraphy. The stylized calligraphy on the top of the case reads “fukusa,” while the reverse side (bearing
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Meiji Decorative Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
a few vertical shoots with buds and along side a calligraphic colophon (untranslated). This subject
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Tibetan Painting Thangka White Tara Mantra Eight Treasures Hand Painted
Located in Somis, CA
mandorla and halo behind her. Surrounding White Tara is calligraphy Sanskit mantras anchored by the Eight
Category
2010s Nepalese Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Wood, Paint
$599 Sale Price
55% Off
Extraordinary Black
White "Moonlight Mountains" Natural Work of Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Reverse Glass Portrait with Painted Fan, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
background and coloring. Special care was taken to include traditional calligraphy work in the piece, with
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Cherry Blossoms Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Mataichiro Isoda Nihonga st
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Name Kakejiku Calligraphy Kikuzu Paper Book Coloring Inscription (Shizushiro)
Size Axis: 195 cm in
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$749 Sale Price
20% Off
China Century Old Dream Stone "Landscape Paintings" with Original Frames, Pair
Located in South Burlington, VT
important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads: Beautiful
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
$3,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Mountains in the Mist
Located in Hudson, NY
calligraphy, "January's steady rain. Today, who we are going to meet? Spring will come, flowers will bloom
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Silk Scroll by Haruki Nanmei Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
, sitting on a Chinese style chair under a towering pine tree, and writing calligraphy on a fan. He was
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Viewing
Located in Hudson, NY
left read: Kodama Teruhiko. Calligraphy also dates the screen as 1976. Painted in mineral pigments on
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
19th Century Carved Chinese Windows, Set of 4
Located in Atlanta, GA
(shou). The four carved Chinese calligraphy translate to: “serve your ancestors and think about filial
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
$4,500 / set
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Temples Through Misty Forest
Located in Hudson, NY
received grand prize in 1926 and 1927. Reading of the calligraphy, "Wind goes through the bamboo trees
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
these plants could be rendered monochromatically with simple ink and a calligraphic brush made them
Category
Antique 17th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Crosscurrents: Masterpieces of East Asian Art from New York Private Collections
Located in valatie, NY
these collections, which include some of the world's finest and most important paintings, calligraphy
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Lovely circa 1900 C-Scroll Paintings Japan Artist Signed Figures in Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
calligraphy in charge.
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Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
$1,105 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 6 Large Kakemonos Japanese Mythology, 19th Century Japan circa 1800 Edo
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
hang". In Japan this refers to a painting or calligraphy, most often done on silk or paper framed in a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings
Materials
Paper
$2,594 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Wooden Screen with Reverse Glass Painted Panels
Located in London, GB
traditional costume. The figurative scenes depict two men engaged in the art of calligraphy, a couple (man and
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Glass
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 19th Century Bamboo in Moonlight
Located in Kyoto, JP
-tone, jet black stroke to emphasize the calligraphic nature of bamboo.
In a different era
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Screen Pair, circa 1730, Peacocks and Phoenix, Kano School
Located in Kyoto, JP
Calligraphy and Painting Masters). Tokyo: Dai-ichi Shobo. 1975. p.2435. His dates are unknown. Almost
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Asian Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Screens: Ink paintings of peacocks on gold leaf by Imao Keinen
By Imao Keinen
Located in Prahran, Victoria
calligraphy. He also studied other styles than those of his masters, which resulted in an eclectic style. He
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
China Natural Stone "Painting" Restless Sea and Waves
Located in South Burlington, VT
and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation reads:
Beautiful Action of sea
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble
$316 Sale Price
42% Off
China Natural Stone "Painting" Moonlight Earth
Located in South Burlington, VT
their more important dream stones and in this case the artists' seal mark and calligraphy translation
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Scholar s Objects
Materials
Marble
$596 Sale Price
60% Off
Calligraphy Screen
Located in New York, NY
Four paneled calligraphy screen (two pairs of two panels each) composed of large characters in ink
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
$10,000 / set
19Th. Century Chinese Calligraphy Sign
Located in Gravenmoer, NL
19 th century Chinese calligraphy carved panel sign.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Mid Century Asian Calligraphy Sumi Ink Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Dynamic and stylish mid century Asian Ink calligraphy possibly denoting "Creativity" in period
Category
20th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Chinese Pair of Calligraphy Scrolls by Lo Erh Tung Chuang
Located in New York, NY
Chinese pair of calligraphy scrolls, vertical lines of calligraphy executed in a light style, right
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Expressive Zen Calligraphy Abstract Art Work Black Painting by Nishigaki Daido
By Nishigaki Daidō
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Expressive calligraphy by Zen master Nishigaki Daido (1942). The four characters 'sei zan roku sui
Category
1990s Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Four-Fold Screen with Peonies and Blue Magpies, 1963, "Creek Dwelling"
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
traditional bird-and-flower (huaniao) genre with delicate ink and watercolor on paper. The calligraphy, dated
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Four-Fold Screen with Weeping Willow, Plum Blossoms, and Sparrows, 1963
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
with delicate ink and watercolor on paper. The calligraphy, dated "Beginning of Spring, 1963," and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Chinese Four-Fold Screen with Cranes, Lotuses, Peonies, and Bamboo, 1963
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
screen showcases the artist’s skill in capturing nature’s beauty. The calligraphy, dated "End of Autumn
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Large Japanese Medicine Sign
Located in New York, NY
Large Keyaki wood sign for medicine "Hotan" panacea with calligraphy by Jihei Morita, the head of
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Set of 19th Century Hand-Painted Table/Wall Screen with 12 Panels, Double Sided
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
calligraphy and gilt relief-carved 8 immortals and floral in cartouches
Red, black & gilt lacquer over
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Softwood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen, 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Very contemporary ink on plain paper ground calligraphy screen.
Several unknown seals.
Japan
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Beautiful Artwork by Chinese Artist Xiu Chen
By Xiu Chen
Located in Lisieux, FR
of energy in calligraphy and then took a path to the abstract representation of flowers and nature.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Antique School Sign with Great Motto
Located in New York, NY
on either side set forth the school's motto. A large sign with beautiful calligraphy. From Shanxi
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Art
Materials
Pine
Chinese ink rubbing of cranes, mounted as a scroll.
Located in New York, NY
), lotus and water images. Painting and calligraphy done by Zhu Jiyi. Stele outlines drawn by Zhou Zaifeng
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Lotuses
Located in New York, NY
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by Zhang Yirong, calligraphy by Tai Xiangzhou
2010
ink on paper
signed 艺è
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings
$14,000
Painted Brush Enso Zen Circle by Zen Master Hosoai Katsudo
Located in Berlin, Berlin
round impossible. The angular inscription shows Katsudo's distinct calligraphic style with its powerful
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
A four-panel Japanese screen (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
, holding a brush and writing calligraphy on a scroll; a man and his attendant walking on a path looking
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Ink
Chinese Antique Door with Mulberry Symbol and Phoenix
Located in SOMIS, CA
symbolizing honor and grace of a lady. One character in the calligraphy style reads “Mulberry,"
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Ink Painting of Plum Blossoms Inscribed Tani Buncho, Scroll Mounting
Located in New York, NY
a few vertical shoots with buds and along side a calligraphic colophon (untranslated). This subject
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Rare Qian Long Period Honor Screen, 18th Century
Located in SOMIS, CA
presented as a birthday present. The article is written in calligraphy with gilded ink. It is dated "48th
Category
Antique 1750s Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$5,500 / set
Painting of Lucky God Daikoku by Famous Zen Master Sengai Gibon
Located in Berlin, Berlin
which he was well known for. His paintings and calligraphies are always humorous and look like comic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
One stroke calligraphy painting of Dragon . 20th century Zen calligraphy
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Stunning one stroke Zen calligraphy painting depicting Dragon. Ink on paper. Sold as it is
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
"Curious Cat" Ink Calligraphy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming ink painting is a contemporary example of the traditional art of calligraphy painting
Category
20th Century Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen, Paper
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the piece of calligraphy you’re looking for. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper, wood and bamboo. Your living room may not be complete without an item from our selection of calligraphy — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right choice in our collection of calligraphy, those designed in Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest.
How Much is a Calligraphy?
A piece of calligraphy can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $495, while the lowest priced sells for $49 and the highest can go for as much as $20,500.
Finding the Right Paintings And Screens for You
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.
Questions About Calligraphy
- What is Chinese calligraphy art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Chinese calligraphy is a supreme form of Chinese art. It is the stylized artistic way of writing Chinese characters, and is considered one of four most-sought after skills of ancient Chinese scholars. Shop a selection of Chinese calligraphy art pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The five types of Chinese calligraphy styles are the seal script, cursive script, running script, clerical script and the standard script. The tradition of Chinese calligraphy has spanned over 3,000 years. On 1stDibs, find a collection of Chinese calligraphy designs from some of the world’s top sellers.
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