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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Landscape and Waterfall Nihonga Scene Showa Period Scroll Japan Artist
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Some errors will occur in the dimensions. Please understand.
Status: The condition is good, but please understand stains, wrinkles, and stains.
Measures: Axis vertical 193 cm, hori...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$816 Sale Price
20% Off
sky color bird by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Title : sky color bird
Japan / 2024s
Size : w1620 x h1635 mm
Scraps of fabric used in the Sky series are used to express birds in the colours of the sky.
The materials used are li...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
DeCastelli Painting Room Divider in Multi color by Alessandra Baldereschi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large screen designed as a theatre curtain represents imaginary natural landscapes on both sides: a night sky and the outline of a series of hills. The chromatic variations obtaine...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Japanese Meiji Six Panel Screen Brushwood Gate with Chrysanthemums
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese early 20th century Meiji period six-panel byobu screen featuring a brushwood gate and fence with flowering chrysanthemums. The large screen is crafted with ink and ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
B50 Old Japanese Antiques a folding screen, Byobu 2panel, Peacock
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1700 x 1720 x 18 mm
Foldable: 855 x 1720 x 36 mm, 6kg
Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 9 mm plywood):
8 cm x 92 cm x 180 cm Weight 25KG
This paint...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Antique Asian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Panels.
A pair or Vietnamese works Each one standing over 6-Feet tall, Intricately inlaid with numerous characters and threads, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Thai Astrological Calendar Watercolor on Paper Painting, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th Century Framed Thai Fortune Telling or Astrological Calendar, watercolor on paper, reflects the rich cultural and spiritual traditions of Thailand. Calendar painting features a...
Category
19th Century Thai Other Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Framed Hand Painted Persian Manuscript Page Miniature Mosque Painting, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful hand-painted Persian manuscript page featuring what appears to be a serene mosque scene with colorfully clad attendees in the foreground and a wonderful blue tree of life...
Category
19th Century Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Japanese Contemporary Framed Blue Purple Gray Silk Brocade Decorative Art
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Japanese contemporary framed three-dimensional decorative art piece in Japanese traditional silk and brocade in soft green, blue and purple on a deep gray background, recreating an 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print - Hiroshige - Yoshiwara: The Fifty-Three Stati
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Yoshiwara: Mount Fuji on the Left (Yoshiwara, hidari Fuji), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), also known as the First Tôkaidô ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$518 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare 19th Century Chinese Carved Asian Hardwood Four-Panel Silk Screen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Ebonized wood four panel Chinese screen, circa 1850. Allegorical story depicting the dream of the red chamber beautifully presented on this rare four-panel...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Hardwood, Silk, Wood
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well-made and highly collectable Chinese Export Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting court beauties
A truly stunning and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
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
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Balinese Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Fine Japanese Floral Painting Scroll, Taisho Period, Early 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A superb early 20th-century Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) from the Taisho period, featuring an elegant and vibrant floral painting. The artwork is executed with refined skill an...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Portrait Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
ITEM DESCRIPTION: a beautiful reverse glass paintings. It has been in private co...
Category
1980s Chinese Qing Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Spring Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
The sky visible at Honmonji Temple Ⅲ by Blue Tip Atelier
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Title : The sky visible at Honmonji Temple Ⅲ
Japan / 2024s
Size : w1620 x h1630 mm
The sky can be seen from Honmonji Temple, which the artist passes while running, a hobby of her...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
18°th Century Japanese Gold Leaf Screen
Located in Brescia, IT
Four-panel folding screen depicting the famous legend of Hikaru Genji, a nobleman of extraordinary grace and beauty, and his gallant adventures at court.
The novel Genji Monogatari, ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Eternal Spring Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a beautiful nature scene with a stunning piercing blue blossoming flowers placed along the waterway landsca...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
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....
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Lacquer
$12,083 Sale Price
35% Off
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...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
$2,520
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Geese and Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Japanese late Meiji period two-panel byobu screen by Hashimoto Koshu. The large screen features two white geese amid brightly colored reeds. The symbolism of geese and reeds was introduced to Japan from China in the 13th century. This was a popular subject for Japanese zen artists of the period. Beautifully crafted with exceptional brush strokes and details. Made with natural pigments in dramatic vivid colors of white, pink, and mint green on a silk background of gilt. Circa 1900 with artist seal on bottom right corner. Koshu studied Western art under...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Large Custom Framed Hand Painted Chinese Multi-figural Ancestral Portrait
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Large custom framed hand painted Chinese ancestral portrait with one female and 3 male figures attired in traditional dress. The upper figures with pictorial appliqués to the front o...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Circa 1700 Japanese Sliding Door (Fusuma) Set. Pine Trees on the Seashore.
Located in Kyoto, JP
"Pine Trees on the Seashore"
A set of four sliding doors (Japanese fusuma). Ink, color, gold-leaf and gold-fleck on paper.
Dimensions (total display si...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique pair of Chinese reverse painted pictures, the Emperor and Empress C 1920
Located in Central England, GB
A very decorative rich and colourful pair of pictures are hand painted in reverse on panes of glass. This is a very difficult and highly skilled process where the finest detailing has to be painted first unlike traditional artwork. Both pictures show very similar images, one of the Emperor and the other of the Empress both wearing fabulous elaborately decorated silk gowns. They are seated on an impressive throne chair with white marble carved elephants on blue stands in the background standing on a detailed tiled floor.
These superb paintings are displayed in their original carved hardwood frames with a black lacquered finish. The backs are panelled and held in place with neat rectangular wooden pegs.
On the back, there appears to be old chalked detail from an auction or saleroom, Hinkley, lot 37 library.
The frames have decorative cast brass hanging plates...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
19th.c Fine painting depicting Monkey.
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Very fine sroll painting depicting Monkey. Signed. Painted on paper canvass with ink.
Size：192/40.5cm ( 75.5/15.9inch ), painting only is 131/30cm ( 51.5 / 11.8inch ) 230gr (0.5l...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Qing Dynasty Chinese Four Panel Screen c. 1850
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A testement to Qing Dynasty craftsmanship this folding panel features wonderful lattice windows. The panel still features its original hinges that allows for many ways to position th...
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Chinese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Samurai Warriors Battle
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful four-panel Japanese (or Chinese) Byobu folding screen featuring a battlefield landscape with warring samurai warriors engaged in a fierce fight. The rich colors and hand-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Framed Japanese ink on paper artist
s instruction for a Shunga print
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper wood block shunga artist’s color and pattern illustration with instructions for the woodblock carver and printer, depicting...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Antique 19th c Woodblock Print - Utagawa Hiroshige II Shigenobu
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
For the similar print see
https://worcester.emuseum. com/objects/13667/landscape
Condition
Good condition: 12.8x7.8cm
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$518 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Contemporary Black Gold Silk Brocade Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exceptional Japanese contemporary two-panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring two graceful ladies dressed in elegant formal traditional Japanese kimonos. This folding screen is ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
1670s Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Edo Six-Panel Haboku Landscapes of Seasons
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel screen painted in Haboku (splashed ink) style. Depicts Four Seasons landscape scenes with two portraits of Chinese sages. One sage is trave...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Period Painted Screen with Gold Fleck Paint
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) painted screen with gold fleck paint. Remounted during Showa period (1926-1989).
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Two-Panel Screen, Summer Flowers on Silk
Located in Hudson, NY
Rimpa painting of flowers including morning glories, hollyhocks, sweet peas, nadeshiko, and daisies. Signature and seal read: Bisui
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese screen two-panel
Located in Brescia, IT
Eagle on a pine branch with traces of white snow.
A rare subject for this mid-century two-panel screen, painted in mineral pigments on gilded paper.
The screen is a nice size and is ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal: Tani Buncho (1763 - 1840). A famous and prol...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Manhasset, NY
Chinese Coromandel Screen, 18th Century, Rosewood, 8 Panel, Painted, Figural, Depicting Flying Geese
One of a kind. Chinese Coromandel screen from the late 1700s with a fabulous ros...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Rosewood
B13 Japanese Antiques 2panels, silk, folding Screen with Tiger
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Silk on wooden frame
One piece: W685×H1525mm×D20mm,
Unfolded size: W1370mm
Folded size: W685×H1525×D40mm, 5kg
Packaging estimate (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 12cm x 77...
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Edo Period 19th c Woodblock Print - Kunisada Triptych The Little Princes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Edo Period 19th c Woodblock Print - Kunisada Triptych The Little Princess Visits the Shrine
Category
1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$1,297 Sale Price
20% Off
17th Century Japanese Screen. View of West Lake by Unkoku Toyo.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Unkoku Toyo (1612-1668)
View of West Lake
Pair of eight-panel Japanese Screens. Ink and gold wash on paper.
Dimensions: Each screen: H. 110 cm x W. 372 cm (43” x 147”)
This pair ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Silk Brocade Traditional Two-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Extraordinary Japanese contemporary two-panel "byobu" or folding screen featuring a lady from the Heian period court, showcased in "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, widely int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Pine and Mountain Landscape By Muta Akira
Located in Hudson, NY
By rivers edge at sunrise. By: Muta Akira. Mica paint on canvas. Exhibited in the 1960 Nitten exhibition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
19thC Chinese Pair of Pith Paintings "Emperor Xianfeng
Consort Qing" C.1855
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fabulous pair of mid 19th century Qing Dynasty hand painted watercolor Chinese Pith paintings; subjects attributed to Emperor Xianfeng and Consort Qing. Emperor Xianfeng was the 8th ...
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Showa Period Peacocks Painted on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese ink and color on silk Showa painting of a pair of peacocks. Vivid colors and beautiful details with a signature and seal on right side bottom. Framed in a midcentur...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Plexiglass, Paper, Wood
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Meiji Two-Panel Screen Chinese Country Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late 19th / early 20th century Japanese Meiji period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring a winter landscape with a Chinese country villa and distant village. Kano School screen ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Pair of Japanese Edo Screens Minogame Turtles in Spring Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful pair of 19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu table screens depicting pairs of Minogame turtles in spring landscapes. Made in the Kano school style one screen...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Qing Dynasty Elmwood Open Fretwork Panels with Delicate Carvings
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of four Chinese Qing Dynasty period large carved elm wood interior door panels from the late 19th century, with fretwork design, openwork and figures in landscape scenes carved...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Elm
Lovely Nihonga Scene Taisho / Showa Period Scroll Japan Artist Prunus Blossom
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a work drawn by Doun as you can see.
It is a simple yet calm white plum blossom map, which is
very tasty.
¦Paper books and handwriting.
¦ State
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$816 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Abstract Silkscreen C. Daniel Gelakoska Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
An absolutely gorgeous abstract original silkscreen, Titled “Sunriver” by C. Daniel Gelakoska. Hand signed, dated in pencil bottom right and numbered ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
Lovely Pair of Antique Chinese Ancestral Portrait Hand Painted Glass Paintings
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of Antique Chinese Ancestral Portraits w...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
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
Showa Delicate Floral Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This graceful two-panel screen captures the essence of summer with its subtle depiction of slender grasses and fine lines, artfully arranged against a golden background. The screen e...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Single Panel Painting Moon and Plum Design
Winter Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868-1912) ink painting of plum branches in bloom against a full moon with calligraphy. The calligraphy is a poem about winter. Signature reads: Matsuura Ryosai, Dated:...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Large Venier Screen by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Large venier screen by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: black powder-coated metal, Hide
Dimensions: W 248 x D 2.5 x H 177.8 cm
Other dimensions available: small: W248 x D2.5 x H141....
Category
2010s French Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
$22,302 / item
Rare Antique Japanese Folding Screen by Kano Tanshin
By Kano Tanshin
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Japanese folding screen painted and signed by Kano Tanshin (Morimasa) (1658-1719), circa early Edo Period. An important member of the Kano painter family, the son of Kano Tanyu...
Category
17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Fishing on the Flats
Located in Hudson, NY
Boat is in tow through lowtide. Ink on gold with black lacquer trim. Signature and seal on back read: Hogan Tansaku Hitsu. (meaning Furusawa Tansaku, the Kano artist)
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
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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