Wood Paintings and Screens

Material: Wood

Japanese Showa Painted Panel Screen Persimmon Branch

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Charming Japanese Showa period hand-painted panel depicting a persimmon branch with leaves. The branch is painted over a gilt background with an intentionally distressed patina to mi...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Painted Panel Screen Persimmon Branch

$800

Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Egrets in Grass

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Stunning Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting three egrets in the grass at a pond. The large screen features a dramatic gold leaf square background with nat...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Egrets in Grass

$3,800

Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Legend of Minamoto

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Fascinating pair of large Japanese 19th century Edo period six-panel folding byobu screens depicting the legend of Minamoto No Yorimasa (Japanese Samurai 1106-1180). The pair of pain...

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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Legend of Minamoto

$6,800 / set

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Mount MT Fuji Landscape

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen featuring a luminous Mount (Mt,) Fuji perched high above a beautiful natural landscape scene which depicts a small qu...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen of Mount MT Fuji Landscape

$1,895

Japanese Hand Painted Four Panel Screen

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

1861 Japanese hand painted and signed folding screen

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1940s Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fruitwood

Japanese Hand Painted Four Panel Screen

$1,950

Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Mountain Landscape

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Large Japanese Showa period six panel folding byobu screen depicting a grand mountain landscape with small village homes. Painted with natural color pigments over a gilt background. ...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Mountain Landscape

$2,000

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Autumn Foliage

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Gorgeous Japanese Showa period four-panel folding byobu screen depicting autumn foliage. The painting features flowering chrysanthemum (kiku), pampas grass (obena), brush clover (hag...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Autumn Foliage

$1,800

Vintage Chinese Eight Panel Coromandel Screen

Located in Houston, TX

Vintage Chinese eight panel coromandel screen composed of wood and lacquer. This screen depicts daily life on one side and a landscape with birds and fauna on the other side.

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Vintage Chinese Eight Panel Coromandel Screen

$4,800

Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lotus Flowers Bird Landscape

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with lotus leaves and blossoming spring flowers and two colorful kingfisher birds frolick...

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20th Century Asian Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lotus Flowers Bird Landscape

$1,595

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Spring Bamboo Landscape

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Serene mid-20th century Showa period Japanese four-panel folding byobu screen made in the Nihonga school style. The painting features a spring bamboo landscape with blossoming flower...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Spring Bamboo Landscape

$1,500

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Nanban Ship at Sea Arrival Screen

Located in Studio City, CA

A beautiful, quite engaging four-panel Showa Period Japanese Nanban (Namban) Byobu folding screen depicting the exotic arrival by ship and activities of Southern Barbarians (Portugue...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Nanban Ship at Sea Arrival Screen

$2,495

Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous, large two-panel antique Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a venerable cherry blossom tree and a running river with blooming flowers. ...

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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiji Edo Byobu Cherry Blossom Tree Folding Screen

$3,495

Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiiji Edo Folding Byobu Screen Landscape with Birds

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a two wild birds frolicking along a riverbank/lakeside among a patch of blossoming flowers....

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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Asian Two Panel Meiiji Edo Folding Byobu Screen Landscape with Birds

$1,895

Pair Chinese Ancestor Reverse Paintings on Glass

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

5091 Pair ancestor reverse paintings on glass set in wood frames

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1940s Asian Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Hardwood, Paint

Pair Chinese Ancestor Reverse Paintings on Glass

$2,400 / set

Japanese Hanging Scroll – Samurai under Blossoming Tree

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Japanese Hanging Scroll – Samurai under Blossoming Tree Japan, 20th century Painting: 41.5 × 114 cm Mounting: 54 × 185 cm Box: 7.5 × 8 × 63 cm A beautifully hand-painted scroll depi...

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20th Century Japanese Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Hanging Scroll – Samurai under Blossoming Tree

$1,240

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Herons in the Winter Snow

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous four-panel Showa Period Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with a group of Herons frolicking in the snow covered bare Winter branches of a la...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Herons in the Winter Snow

$2,995

Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Paragons of Filial Piety

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Late 19th century Edo period Japanese four panel folding byobu screen depicting four of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety. Beautifully painted in the Maruyama-Shijo style. The...

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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Paragons of Filial Piety

$3,800

Japanese Hanging Scroll with Peony Flowers – 20th Century

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Dimensions: 53 × 194 cm (overall), 40 × 127 cm (painting) Box size: 61 × 7 cm A refined 20th-century Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku) depicting delicate pink peony blossoms and de...

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20th Century Japanese Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Japanese Hanging Scroll with Peony Flowers – 20th Century

$1,030

Marble 3 leaves screen

Located in grand Lancy, CH

Marble and wood screen , depicting a panther, the back is made of wood and the face is made of a small piece of marble of different color

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1970s European Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Marble

Marble 3 leaves screen

$4,160 Sale Price

20% Off

Large Pair of 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portraits

Located in Norton, MA

Chinese households honor their ancestors in private family rituals, invoking their spirits for long life, health, and prosperity. Commemorative portraits, which came into vogue in th...

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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Large Pair of 19th Century Chinese Framed Ancestor Portraits

$8,500 / set

Antique Chinese Relief/Carved Screen in Solid Wood Jade, 135w x 105h

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Antique Chinese screen having 5 heavily carved panels depicting mythical creatures like Dragons. Some of the dragons are made out of carved ja...

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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Jade

Antique Chinese Relief/Carved Screen in Solid Wood Jade, 135w x 105h

$38,500

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Plovers Over Waves

Located in Hudson, NY

Lovely furosaki screen of plovers and waves and a bundled twig fence in gold raised relief. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with black lacquer trim. Original storage box.

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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Plovers Over Waves

$22,000

Chinese Six Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Lacquer Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Exquisite 20th century Chinese export six-panel lacquered folding screen featuring intricately carved soapstone of flora and fauna. The carved birds, flowers, and foliage have vivid ...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Six Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Lacquer Screen

$3,800

Antique Jiang Jun Chinese Peony Peach Blossom Watercolor on Silk Painting 44"

Located in Dayton, OH

Circa early 20th century, Qing dynasty Jiang Jun Chinese chinoiserie watercolor scroll painting on silk showing branching stems of pink and white peonies and peach blossoms. Calligra...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Hardwood, Paint

Antique Jiang Jun Chinese Peony Peach Blossom Watercolor on Silk Painting 44"

$1,645 Sale Price

30% Off

Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting of Warriors in Landscape, circa 1825

Located in Kinderhook, NY

A fine circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass painting of a warrior group with horse and 'Budai' in a river landscape housed in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt...

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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting of Warriors in Landscape, circa 1825

$3,975

Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Stunning 20th century Chinese export lacquered six-panel coromandel screen depicting a lush courtyard over a dramatic gold leaf ground. The lacquered panels are incised and painted w...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Courtyard

$3,800

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen

Located in Studio City, CA

A gorgeous four-panel hand painted Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a wildly and brilliantly colorful fully blooming Spring cherry blossom tree with a wonderful composit...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Japanese Asian Korean Chinese Signed 4-Panel Folding Byobu Cherry Blossom Screen

$2,495

Italian Four Panel Flowers and Birds Room Divider/Screen

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

Italian four panel screen/room divider. Folder size 72x 16x 5"

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1970s Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Italian Four Panel Flowers and Birds Room Divider/Screen

$1,440 Sale Price

20% Off

Japanese Screen: Spring Offering

Located in Fukuoka, JP

Spring Offering is a small yet exquisitely refined Edo-period screen originally created as a backdrop for a Girls’ Day altar. Against a softly shimmering gold-leaf background, delica...

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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Wood

Japanese Screen: Spring Offering

$1,250 Sale Price

56% Off

19th Century Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Scenes of Kyoto

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Fascinating Japanese 19th century Edo period six-panel Rakuchu Rakugai folding byobu screen featuring scenes in and around the capitol Kyoto, Japan. This type of non-commissioned scr...

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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

19th Century Japanese Edo Six Panel Screen Scenes of Kyoto

$4,800

Asian Large Courting Peacocks Painted Round Panel

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

1834 Hand painted on round hardwood embossed peacocks counting on gilt backround,

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1950s Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

Asian Large Courting Peacocks Painted Round Panel

$675 Sale Price

46% Off

Antique Japanese Ebonized Gilt Chinoiserie Decorated Six-Panel Screen c1920

Located in Big Flats, NY

An antique Japanese Chinoiserie screen offers six ebonized and gilt decorated panels with a continuous village genre scene with figures and en verso garden scene, c1920 Measures - 72...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Ebonized Gilt Chinoiserie Decorated Six-Panel Screen c1920

$1,160 Sale Price

20% Off

Chinese Export Eight-Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

Located in Tarry Town, NY

Beautifully hand painted and decorated grand scale Chinese export Eight-panel Coromandel screen featuring different hand painted Chinese scene on each side. One side depicting an hand painted and parcel gilded court scenes. The reverse features a Chinese landscape scene. The screen measures 96 inches...

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Eight-Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

$6,800

Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Tale of Genji

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Incomparable pair of late 18th century Japanese Edo period folding six-panel byobu screens depicting all 54 chapters of the tale of Genji in vignettes. Each illustration has a cartou...

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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Pair Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Tale of Genji

$7,800 / set

Chinese Export Six Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen Courtyard

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Vibrant 20th century Chinese export coromandel screen depicting a walled pagoda courtyard. The lacquered panels are incised and decorated with colorful pigments of green, red, and wh...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Six Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen Courtyard

$3,500

Pair of Painted Chinoiserie Panels

Located in New York, NY

Pair of 1960s painted panels depicting trees and birds. Measurements: Height: 44" Width: 26.25".

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1960s Chinese Vintage Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Pair of Painted Chinoiserie Panels

$4,800 / set

Pair Antique Japanese Edo Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Handpainted Screens 1860

By Soga Nichokuan 1

Located in Portland, OR

A very fine pair of antique Edo period four paneled screens (Takagari), hand-painted with tethered birds of prey, in the manner of Soga Nichokuan, circa 1860. Wonderful pair of...

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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper, Wood

Pair Antique Japanese Edo Falcon Hawk Birds of Prey Handpainted Screens 1860

$8,800

Brazilian Hardwood, Leather and Mirrored Panel Folding Screen, Brazil, c 1960s

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A beautiful four-paneled Brazilian Hardwood folding screen with leather panels on one side and mirrored paneling on the reverse. Produced in Brazil in circa 1960s, this folding scree...

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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Leather, Mirror

Brazilian Hardwood, Leather and Mirrored Panel Folding Screen, Brazil, c 1960s

$3,960 Sale Price

28% Off

19th Century Chinese Window Lattice Panel Screen

Located in New York, NY

19th Century Window Lattice Screen. Very special Lattice Screen Window Panel from Shanxi China 19th century. Wonderfully assembled sculpted pieces of Cypress wood with each face ro...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Chinese Window Lattice Panel Screen

$2,400

Japanese Fine Pair Arts And Crafts Shoji Door Screens

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine pair of two simple shoji bamboo doors or screens creating an arts and crafts look. The pair are hinged together for convenient display with attractive portals above; ...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bamboo, Wood

Japanese Fine Pair Arts And Crafts Shoji Door Screens

$595

Japanese Set of Two Excellent Birds And Dragonfly Shoji Doors Screens

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, an excellent pair/set of two (2) shoji "Birds and Dragonfly" bamboo doors or screens recently acquired from a Japanese private collector. The hand carved boards are artisti...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bamboo, Wood

Japanese Set of Two Excellent Birds And Dragonfly Shoji Doors Screens

$796 Sale Price / set

20% Off

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Amazing Chinese export four panel coromandel screen featuring beauties in a pagoda pavilion landscape. Beautifully crafted from intricately carved soapstone in vivid colors and fasci...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen

$3,500

Large 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Nature Wallpaper Panels

Located in Bradenton, FL

Pair of Large 19th Century Asian Lacquered and Painted Panels. Elegant panels are hand-painted in rich detail with cranes and ducks in a serene waterscape. Each scene features lush b...

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19th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

Large 19th Century Chinese Hand Painted Nature Wallpaper Panels

$4,800

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Prunus with Songbirds

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Spectacular late 20th century Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting blossoming spring prunus or plum trees with songbirds in flight. The screen features a dramatic ...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Prunus with Songbirds

$3,500

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold

Located in Kyoto, JP

Imao Keisho (1902-1993) Pine Trees Early 20th Century, Circa 1930 Pair of six-panel Japanese screens. Ink on silk and gold leaf. Dimensions: Each screen H. 67.5” x 148” (172 cm x 376 cm) A pair of monumental six-panel Japanese pine screens by the renowned Nihonga artist Imao Keisho. Here Keisho entirely removed the background and brought the pine trees to the surface of the painting. This simplification of the elements makes the scene exceptionally direct and compelling and injects a very modern...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Early 20th Century Japanese Screen Pair - Ink Pine Trees on Gold

$35,000

Edo-Style Six-Panel Japanese Byobu Screen with Gold Paint Landscape

Located in Hamburg, PA

This Asian screen print is a stunning six-panel byobu (folding screen) featuring a traditional Japanese landscape. The artwork showcases a serene scene with a lakeside pavilion set a...

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19th Century Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Edo-Style Six-Panel Japanese Byobu Screen with Gold Paint Landscape

$2,400

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a heavenly landscape among the white clouds. Eac...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

$2,800

Japanese Matching Set of Two Fine Birds And Dragonfly Shoji Doors Screens

Located in South Burlington, VT

Japan, a fine set of two shoji "Birds and Dragonfly" bamboo doors or screens recently acquired from a Japanese private collector. The hand carved boards are artistically cut and ins...

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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bamboo, Wood

Japanese Matching Set of Two Fine Birds And Dragonfly Shoji Doors Screens

$760 Sale Price / set

20% Off

Japanese 4-Panel Byobu Screen

Located in Astoria, NY

Japanese Four Panel Byobu Screen, with hand-painted scenes of flowers within gilt borders, chop seal marks to each panel. Larger panels: 38.75" H x 17.25" W x 1" D. Provenance: From ...

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Late 20th Century Japanese Ming Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Hardwood, Paper

Japanese 4-Panel Byobu Screen

$850

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Dazzling Chinese export lacquered four-panel coromandel screen featuring a flora and fauna waterscape with stylized cranes. The carved lacquer panels...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Gold Leaf

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf

$4,800

Antique Framed Buddhist Painting

Located in Yonkers, NY

A Tibetan Thangka Buddhist painting hand-painted on canvas, created for the veneration of the Three Great Bodhisattvas. Embrace the rich tradition of Tibetan Buddhism with this vibra...

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19th Century Tibetan Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Canvas, Glass, Wood

Antique Framed Buddhist Painting

$1,200

Grand Chinese Export Eight Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Gorgeous Chinese export eight panel coromandel double sided screen depicting Han Palace on the front side. The screen features heavily lacquered panels incised with color pigments an...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Grand Chinese Export Eight Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen

$9,800

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Gorgeous Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring a courtyard scene of beauties engaged in leisurely activities. The lacquered panels are incised and painted in soft pas...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties

$4,500

A Vintage Set of 4 Tall Filipino Capiz Window/Door Panels

Located in Point Richmond, CA

A Vintage Set of 4 Tall Filipino Capiz Window/Door Panels, reclaimed from a Spanish-Filipino Colonial House. A traditional design resistant to storms usi...

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20th Century Philippine Spanish Colonial Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Shell, Hardwood

A Vintage Set of 4 Tall Filipino Capiz Window/Door Panels

$8,500

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu

Located in Kyoto, JP

Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677) Tiger and Dragon Early Edo Period, Circa 1650 A Pair of Six-fold Japanese Screens. Ink and slight color on paper. Dimensions: Each screen: H. 171 cm x W. 380 cm (67.5’’ x 149.5’’) In this pair of early Edo period Japanese screens a group of tigers prowl in a bamboo grove whipped with fierce wind, while a dragon claws through clouds and mist. The dragon embodies elemental qualities - looming out of the mist, the coils of its body disappearing in the clouds. The dragon is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side, the tigers calls for the wind, symbolizing autumn which is considered the end of life. Tigers were familiar motifs within Japanese art from ancient times though the animals were imaginary to the people in the 17th century. While dragons and tigers are usually associated as sacred and ferocious, in this painting, both animals have rather amusing expressions. The tigers appear to glare at the dragon with cat-like eyes, and the look on the swirling dragon’s face appears almost affectionate - lending a playful flair to an otherwise magnificent theme. The tiger and dragon are cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world. Screens such as this were originally meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world. For Japanese in the early Edo period, they likely suggested the powers of the cosmos. In Japan the tiger and dragon motif was originally absorbed into the circles of Zen monasteries before spreading into the secular world. The theme especially appealed to the military classes with the Kano school, the official painters to the Shogun and the samurai, being the leading contributors. The painter of this pair of screens, Kaiho Yusetsu (1598-1677), was closely patronized by the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. In his later years he worked with Kano school artists...

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Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu

$78,000 / set

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Fruiting Pomegranate Tree

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Exquisite mid-20th century Showa period four panel folding byobu screen featuring a fruiting pomegranate tree over a dramatic cream toned background. Vivid ink and natural pigment co...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Fruiting Pomegranate Tree

$2,500

Chinese Qing Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Impressive Chinese late Qing dynasty four panel folding coromandel screen featuring carved soapstone. The lacquered panels are decorated with idyllic scenes of beauties in a pagoda p...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Qing Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen

$3,800

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Flower Vases on Silk

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Charming Japanese four-panel Showa period byobu screen depicting colorful floral arrangements in various vases and baskets. The hand-painted screen features vibrant natural color pig...

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20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Flower Vases on Silk

$1,800

Antique Large Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Mirror #2

Located in Norton, MA

A large charming late 19th-century to early 20th-century, Chinese export reverse mirror painting, depicting a lady playing a Chinese musical in...

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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Wood Paintings and Screens

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Large Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Mirror #2

$2,245

Japanese Kano School Four Panel Screen Birds and Owl

Located in Rio Vista, CA

Amazing 19th century Japanese Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring painted panels depicting egrets, heron, pheasants, songbirds, and an owl. Painted with ink and natural co...

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