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Paintings and Screens For Sale
Pair of Chinese Crackle Lacquer Courtyard Doors, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
The countless layers of black lacquer that texture these 19th-century doors have aged with a dark patina and an inimitable crackle that only time can achieve. Crafted of northern elm...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ancestors Painting of Generations Family Officers.Scroll Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Scroll Painting of Chinese Qing Dynasty Family Generations of Imperial Officers
This family with few generations withheld positions in imperial officers
Purchased from Christie's in ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
41% Off
Japanese Screen mid Edo gold leaf
Located in Brescia, IT
This 18th century six-panel screen is truly special. The author is unknown, but his singular genius in portraying dozens of chrysanthemum flowers created with the white of the "gofun...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Silk Painting of Young Girl, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
Unique 19th Century painting of a Japanese girl standing atop a large furry mythical creature, with a small bird flying in the left upper corner. Signed in top right corner. Soft ear...
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
East Asian Extra Wide Folding Low Six Panel Landscape Divider Screen
Located in Germantown, MD
A 95 inches East Asian Extra Wide Folding Low Six Panel Landscape Divider Screen with beautiful landscape scenes.
Measures 95" in width, 33" in height and 1" thick.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
$1,106 Sale Price
25% Off
Natural Organic Burl Wood Flower Display Table, 38"
Located in South Burlington, VT
An attractive example of a burl wood natural organic wood flower or display table crafted from golden camphor wood root and burl. This stunning single roo...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Organic Material
Antique Japanese Double Sided Folding Chamber Screen 19/20th C Japan Cranes
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A super nice Meiji period 19th or early 20th c Japanese Chamber Screen. Two sided decoration. Also usuable as wall mounted screen.
Stunning piece!
120 x 61cm
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Hanaguruma Flower Cart
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautiful Japanese Showa period four panel silk screen depicting a colorful Hanaguruma or flower cart. A bountiful cornucopia of peonies, irises, wisteria, and chrysanthemums set in ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
B51 Old Japanese Antiques Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1700 x 1675 x 20 mm
Foldable: 850 x 1675 x 40 mm, 7kg
Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 9 mm plywood):
11 cm x 93 cm x 175 cm Weight 25KG
An atmosp...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Paper
1940’s Reverse Japandi Chinoiserie Style Painted Mirrored Panels Screen Divider
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, mirrored paintings you could hope to find. This is an ultra-rare opportunity to acquire what is, unequivocally, the best of the...
Category
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Art Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
B41 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, brown-rimmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden frame
1 piece: Width 435 x Height 1370 x Depth 18 mm
Expanded size: Width 2650 mm
Folded size: Width 455 x Height 1370 x Depth 100 mm, weight 9 kg
Packaging (...
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Chinese Export Reverse Glass Portrait Painting of an Opium Maiden, circa 1830
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and rare circa 1830 Chinese export reverse glass portrait painting of unusually large size of a lady in traditional robes holding a closed fan shown sat in front of black...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Iron
Wisteria Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on Silver Metallic Panel
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
$1,264 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Antique Hand Carved Three Panel Dark Teak Pierced Room Divider Screen
Located in West Hartford, CT
Elegant handcrafted with remarkable skill, each panel featuring detailed openwork floral and foliate motifs highlighting the rich warm grain of the dark teak wood. Perfect as a chic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens
Materials
Teak
Chinese Antique Screen Set of 5 Cube Ming Design
Located in Somis, CA
Set of five 19th century Ming style Chinese antique window screens featuring stylized, hand-carved ruyi and small cube design. The cubes are form...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$4,100 / set
American Landscape by Craig Pursley
Located in Lantau, HK
Craig Pursley. Autry's Home, American, born 1954.
Oil on canvas. Dimensions 28.5 x 36 cm
Original art work(s).
Category
20th Century Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold, Gold Leaf
B85 Old Japanese 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, red remmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver-paper folding screen
Material: Paper on wooden frame
One piece: W615×H1740mm×D15mm,
Unfolded size: W3680mm
Folded size: W615×H1740×D100mm, 9kg
Estimate packing size: (sandwich...
Category
20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Edo Screen Portraits of the Thirty Six Immortal Poets
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting 19th century Japanese Edo period six-panel byobu screen depicting the thirty six immortals of poetry (Sanjurokkasen). Each portrait is accompanied by their poems. The poe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Pair of Tethered Hawks
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring a pair of hawks or birds or prey tethered to a wooden perch. The painting has ink and natural colored pigme...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Japanese Screen. Flowers of the Four Seasons.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Flowers of the Four Seasons
A four-panel Japanese screen. Ink, gofun and pigments on gold leaf.
This Japanese screen is a rich visual celebration of the flowers of the fo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chenrezig Silk Thangka, 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A silk painted Tibetan thangka depicting Chenrezig, early 20th century.
sight of painting: 19 by 30 ¾ inches
total dimensions: 24 by 40 ½ inches
Category
20th Century Tibetan Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Set of Six Chinese Geometric Lattice Door Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Qing-dynasty domestic architecture, tall lattice panels such as these were used in traditional courtyard homes to allow light and air into a room whilst maintaining privacy. With grand proportions and elongated windows, this set of six lattice door panels...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
Korean Jakhodo Minhwa Folk Scroll Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean Folk Art painting mounted as a hanging scroll. The watercolor on paper was likely dated from 1930s-1940s. The work depicts a "Jakhodo" theme (...
Category
1930s Korean Folk Art Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Framed Japanese Painting on Silk, Flowers In Basket , Japan, Showa Period C.1930
Located in London, GB
Framed Japanese Painting on Silk, Flowers In Basket ,
Japan, Showa Period C.1930
Present in excellent condition commensurate of age
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Suibokuga Landscape by Kano Tokinobu, 17th century. A sumi-e ink on paper painting illustrating a rocky seaside landscape containing buildings, vegetation and ship masts. 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 near the bottom of the painting, various paper restorations, other minor signs of age, wear, stains, 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...
Category
1670s Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Meiji Two Panel Screen Flowering Autumn Plants
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating Japanese 19th century meiji period two panel folding byobu screen. The screen features flowering autumn plants and grasses: chrysanthemum, brush clover, Chinese bellflowe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japanese Screen Painting, Circa 1700
Tales of Ise
by Tosa Mitsusuke
By Tosa Mitsusuke 1
Located in Kyoto, JP
A six-fold Japanese screen by Tosa Mitsusuke (1675-1710), Japan 17th-18th century, Edo period.
The signature reads Shoroku-i ge Tosa sa Konoe Shogen Mit...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Young Bamboo on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Symbolizing the Sun, gold is often used in shrines and temples in Japan. Gold has been extensively recognized to represent wealth, while bamboo is said to bring good luck due to its ability to regenerate in the forest. A beautiful composition of the two together...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold
Art Deco Garden Screen 3 Panels By André Fu Living
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
designed as a nod to the beauty of japanese zen gardens, this artfully designed movable screen is visually pure in its composition, yet intricate at the same time. crafted in solid a...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Ash
$15,455 / item
Oil Painting, Asian River Scene, Signed
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, hand-painted oil on canvas depicting river scene in Spring. The background is a gorgeous blush color, with the mountain rocks in rust oran...
Category
2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
$524 Sale Price
20% Off
Late Qing Dynasty Embroidered Silk Fabric with Bird in Custom Frame
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese late Qing Dynasty period embroidered silk fabric from the early 20th century depicting a bird perched on a tree branch, surrounded by flowers, a butterfly and bamboo. Immerse yourself in the intricate beauty of this antique Chinese embroidered silk fabric...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Japanese Important Tall Bronze Rabbit Girl Of Wonderland
Located in South Burlington, VT
"Rabbit Girl of Wonderland"
Japan, an important tall 35" hand cast bronze effigy of a young woman clutching a prize rabbit, by important national artisan ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
$10,000 Sale Price
62% Off
A six-panel folding screen with pine trees beneath the red sun
Located in Milano, IT
A six-panel folding screen with a gold-leaf ground, depicting two pine trees with a red sun at the center.
On the left, a snow-covered pine is shown with a sinuous, knotted trunk and...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Korean Chaekgeori painting. 19th Century Joseon. Books
Scholars’ Accouterments
Located in Kyoto, JP
Books and Scholars’ Accouterments; Chaekgeori
Second half of the 19th century
Korean framed panel. Ink and color on paper.
This Korean Chaekgeori...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Screen Pair, Tigers by Kishi Renzan, Late Edo Period
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kishi Renzan (1804-1859)
Tigers
Pair of six-panel Japanese screens.
Ink and gold-leaf on paper.
In this monochromatic pair of six-fold Japanese screens painted on gold-leaf, Kishi Renzan has created a breathtaking composition of a family of tigers. The screens are filled with a sense of drama which is conveyed by both the subject matter and the wet, expressive brushwork. The running mountain stream and the towering waterfall allude to refreshment during the summer months and we feel the tiger families familiarity and security within their environment. Renzan’s master, Kishi Ganku...
Category
Mid-19th Century Asian Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumentally scaled and most important Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen. This finely detailed ten panel screen, with its original tempera paint, showcases a collection of continuous scenes depicting a landscape with pagodas, pavilions, a court of noblemen, women, and musicians. Each panel displays tones of rose, green, cafe brown, and gold on a dark rose ground within a border of wandering mischievous dragons and Greek key designs. The rear is tastefully decorated in the center with Chinese calligraphy relating to the story of the front with a border of flowers in vases, animals, and various figures.
This wonderful screen was formerly in the Collections of Viscount Furness and Lady Musker, as well as being sold by Mallet Antiques...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A spectacular Chinese 18th century Coromandel Lacquered 8-panel floor screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and most impressive Chinese 18th century Coromandel Lacquered screen. Each of the eight panels are raised by two feet formed from an urn shaped arch below a foliate decorated band. The center of each panel joins together to depict various scenes executed in the Kuan Cai or "incised colors" technique. The front side of the screen features bottom panels showing various birds on/near a variety of blooming trees, while the central panel depicts a battle scene on horseback through hills and forests. The tops show a variety of vases holding floral branches, and bowls of fruit mirroring...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Tibetan Thangka of Vaishravana, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even their homes. This 19th-century Tibetan Thangka is rich with historical figures and symbolism arranged around the Viashravana in the painting's center. This lesser deity is the god of wealth...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Tibetan Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Paint
S. Tosuke Signed Original Japanese Watercolor Landscape Painting of Mount Fuji
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, atmospheric, and quite evocative watercolor painting of Mount Fuji towering above a small misty morning village landscape by Japanese artist/painter S. Tosuke.
The wo...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Middle Eastern Miniature Painting on Shell
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand Painted Asian Persian miniature painting on a sea oyster shell.
Middle Eastern Moorish design miniature painting on shell, very fine ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Paintings and Screens
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Gray and White Landscape Painting Sea
Mountains Fine Work of Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" with arts and crafts hardwood frame
Extraordinary Sea and Mountains View
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" of a mo...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble
Large Collotype Print by Ryunosuke Fukui
from "Maiko" Series
- print no 10
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A large print created by Ryunosuke Fukui, a highly acclaimed modernist artist from Japan who lived between 1923 and 1986. Fukui's art has been exhibited in many prestigious museums a...
Category
20th Century Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Other
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Blossoming Prunus Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting a large spring blossoming prunus tree or plum tree. Beautifully painted with ink and natural color pigments on m...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carved Boxwood Incense Burners with Lids
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Carved Boxwood Incense Burners with Lids
A pair of finely carved Chinese boxwood incense burners with matching covers. Each burner features detailed openwork floral and foli...
Category
20th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Boxwood
$5,000 / set
Floral Chinoiserie Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on Purple Silk
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you. Measures: 3 ft x 8 ft.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$2,280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Mount Fuji Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting a wooded valley landscape with a rustic dwelling near mount Fuji. The screen is decorated with fantastic, vivid blue ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
B10 Japanese Antiques 6panels, Paper, folding Screen with Flower ＆ bird painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Flower and bird painting
Material: Paper on wooden frame, colored
One piece: W660×H1825mm×D20mm,
Unfolded size: W3860mm, 16kg
Folded size: W660×H1825×D110mm
Packaging (sandwiched wit...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Mid-18th Century Japanese Screen Pair, One Hundred Flowers, Chrysanthemums
Located in Kyoto, JP
Omori Soun (b. 1704)
Chrysanthemums - One Hundred Flowers
A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink, color, gofun and gold leaf on paper.
Dating ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
China Natural Mountain Landscape Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone painting of a mountain range in white and gray colors is called a dream stone Shih-hua;.
They are cut from historic Dali marble found in the Cangshan mountains of western China. These mysterious mountains, unique in the world, are known for yielding incredible and fantastic natural landscaped works of art created over tens of millions of years from mineral inclusions that affected the process of ancient organic material which transformed into limestone and finally resulted in marble- a metamorphic hard stone.
This art form is centuries of years old since the Ming dynasty. Dream stones became favored art in the west particularly since the 19th century when French collectors named them Pierres de reve.
This thin marble stone painting is approximately 1/4 inch thick and is cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors.
History of White and Gray dream stone paintings:
“White and Gray” dream stone paintings known in China as Shui Mo or Chinese painting stone...
Category
1990s Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Stone
$3,840 Sale Price
76% Off
Pair of Antique Japanese Paintings of Karashishi, Edo Period, 18th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A rare pair of antique Japanese Karashishi paintings in a landscape of rocks and peony flowers on gold leaf ground in fine handmade frames, Edo period, early 18th century. The Karash...
Category
Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Screens
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Exceptional pair of Japanese screens, 20th century
Six parts, six times 45 cm wide
Gold spotted paper with parts of old screens.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$6,599 / set
Chinese Twelve-Panel Red Lacquer Coromandel Screen of Xiwangmu
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese export twelve-panel red lacquered Coromandel screen of Chinese mythological Daoist character Xiwangmu (Queen mother of the West). Remarkable large scale screen full of vibrant color on incised lacquer...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$11,250 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese Screen Painting, Early 19th Century, Autumn Flowers by Sakai Hoitsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
A two-fold Japanese screen by the Rimpa school artist Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1828), Japan, 19th century, Edo period.
This small Japanese folding screen pai...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
Japanese Chinese Korean Asian Signed Framed Hand Painted Tiger Scroll Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and striking framed Asian tiger scroll painting featuring a regal tiger in the moonlight. This work is hand-painted with masterful brushstroke...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Japanese Asian Signed Large Four-Panel Byobu Screen Bamboo Cherry Blossoms Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous large/tall four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature scene/landscape with playful yellow and orange birds frolicking in nature among the branches of a bl...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Paravento giapponese a sei pannelli dipinto su foglia d
argento
Located in Brescia, IT
Paesaggio giapponese: paravento a sei pannelli dipinto a pigmenti minerali su foglia d'argento.
Elegante e moderno esempio di arte orientale senza figure uccelli o fiori.
Paravento b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
Palm Tree Chinoiserie Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on EDO Silk /Panel
Located in Wuxi, 32
If you love the look of De Gournay wallpaper but not the price, this is for you.
The colorways in this sections present our latest colorways, which can be applied to any designs and any base ground (silk, tea paper, metallic, fabric and etc.)
Price
There are 5 panels in the listed photo, price is for 1 panel of 36" wide x 108" high, background is on EDO silk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$648 Sale Price
28% Off
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
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Venerable Plum Tree in Winter
Located in Hudson, NY
Ink and mineral pigments on silver leaf with black lacquer trim. Signature reads: Kotan hitsu. Seal read: Kotan
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver 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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