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Place of Origin: East Asian
Chinese Export Twelve Panel Coromandel Screen Spring in Han Palace
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese export twelve-panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting the 17th century ming dynasty motif "Spring Morning in the Han Palace". The panels are intricately incise...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
$18,750 Sale Price
25% Off
Edo Period Kyoto Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Edo Period Kyoto Screen
Period: Edo period
Size: 343 x 176 cm (134.6 x 69 inches)
SKU: RJ69
This stunning Edo period screen depicts typical scenes of d...
Category
18th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
$9,450
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Turquoise River Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Japanese style four panel folding Byobu screen depicting a turquoise river mountain landscape. The painting is titled "One Sail Following The Wind" on the top left side. Appears to be a Korean...
Category
20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Byobu- Japanese Folding Screen Gold Leaf
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese six-panel screen from the Kano school: Japanese landscape with an elegant crane.
Hand painted with mineral pigments and gold leaf inks.
The pure gold leaf is laid with great...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Stone Dali Panels
Located in Sherborne, GB
This is a set of four antique Chinese Dali stone panels which depict wonderful landscape images. The stone is set in an ebonized panel frame. They look wo...
Category
Early 1900s Qing Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Marble, Brass
$2,525 Sale Price / set
61% Off
Peonies in Summer Light
Located in Fukuoka, JP
The screen blossoms with peonies — flowers often celebrated in Japanese art as symbols of prosperity, honor, and beauty. Painted in soft pinks and whites, they radiate under a gentle...
Category
20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper, Wood
$4,830
Chinese Kuancai Ten Panel Coromandel Screen Mythical Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Chinese export Kuancai ten-panel coromandel screen featuring a mythical flora and fauna landscape. Made in the 17th century style that was so loved and collected by Coco Chan...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
A six-panel folding screen with a pair of Manchurian cranes on gilt silk
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel folding screen painted on silk with a golden ground, depicting two Manchurian cranes perched on a pine (matsu) branch.
The work bears the signature and seal of ...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
19th Century Japanese Shibayama Lacquered Inlay Charger, Meiji Period
Located in London, GB
19th Century Shibayama Lacquered Inlay Charger, Meiji Period, Japan
A decorative 19th Century Japanese charger beautifully depicting herons and pi...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
K26 Japanese Antiques A large hanging scroll, Bamboo Tiger Ink on Silk painted
Located in Niiza, JP
Ink on Silk, Scroll head: wood
Image size: 1400(W) x 930(H) [mm]
Scroll mounting: 1470(W) x 1350(H) [mm]
Box size: 100(W) x 90(H) x 1590(D) [mm] 3kg
Estimated packing size: 150(W) x...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Paper
19th Century Japanese Screen, Deer in Spring, Maruyama Shijo School
Located in Kyoto, JP
A six-panel Japanese folding screen from the leading Maruyama-Shijo artist Okamoto Toyohiko (1773-1845). Simply featuring three deer and a few sprigs of foliage on a sumptuous gold-leaf background this work emphasizes naturalistic expression and a masterful use of negative space. Reduced to its most basic elements, the blank spaces inspire imagination and evoke the smells, sounds and even the weather of the scene. Whilst deer are traditionally depicted in association with autumn, here the green growth on the tops of the foliage indicates the season of spring. The work references Maruyama Okyo’s two-panel deer screen...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Three-Panel Asian Screen in Red with Palm Leaf Accent
Located in Waxahachie, TX
20th century Asian three-panel screen or room
divider in red with palm leaf decoration.
Striking crimson red will accent any room.
Good vintage condition with age appropriate wear.
...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
$1,125 Sale Price
55% Off
Circa 1920. Taisho era Japanese Nihonga Screen. Dahlias
Cockscomb.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Kawabe Kasho (b.1892)
Dahlias & Cockscomb
Taisho era. Circa 1920
Two-panel Japanese Screen. Mineral pigments and ink on silk.
This exquisite two-panel Japanese folding screen, pa...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
Japanese screen
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Two-panel screen of Rinpa school painted with mineral pigments on silk and rice paper.
It depicts colorful peony flowers. This is the flower of spring, symbolizing success and pro...
Category
20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
$7,061
Japanese Six-Panel Screen Buck and Doe at Dawn
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese six-panel screen: Buck and doe at dawn. Showa period (1926-1989) painting of a rising sun seen through a woodland scene with a pair of deer. In Japan, deer are thought to be...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze
Korean Buddhist Temple Scroll Painting Sinjung T
aenghwa Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Korean Buddhist painting on silk framed in wood with an acrylic shadow box. The type of the painting is known in Korean as Sinjung T'aenghwa (Literally translated as Scroll-s...
Category
1880s Other Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Acrylic, Wood
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 Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass
Lovely 17th-18th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist Kano Soyu Painted
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
It is a work that is said to have been drawn by Kano Soyu as you can see.
It is a picture of the light-colored Sansui map carefully drawn to the smallest detail, and the
towering m...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk
$3,016 Sale Price
20% Off
Qing Dynasty Painting of a Royalty Related Couple with Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period framed painting from the early 20th century of a royalty related couple with dragon motifs painted on a linen canvas. Created in China during the late Qing Dynasty in the early years of the 20th century, this custom framed painting depicts a couple wearing either a red (a symbol of luck in China) or green robe. The depiction of dragons relates them to the Imperial family, but having four claws and not five as codified, the couple is likely part of the royal family, not the Imperial couple themselves. Accented with typical motifs such as bats, flaming pearls and rain-filled clouds, the robes are filled with symbols. Wearing ornate headdresses, the couple is sitting on elegant chairs. Set inside custom made frames, the paintings show great signs of age. While the entire piece measures 40.5"W x 1"D x 53"H, the painting itself is 36.5"W x 49". With its vivid colors and interesting subject, this Chinese Qing Dynasty painting...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Plexiglass
Japanese Two Panel Screen Moon Rising Over Turbulent Ocean Landscape
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary sumie (ink) painting on silver.
Category
1960s Showa Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Four Panel Screen: Lone Dove
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully painted dove on a branch in the early morning mist in a muted wooded landscape.
Ink on buff mulberry paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim. Seal reads: ...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Lacquer, Paper
Paravento Giapponese a sei pannelli su foglia d
oro.
By Japanese Studio
Located in Brescia, IT
Paravento giapponese a sei pannelli , opera di un pittore della prima metà del 19° secolo, di scuola Rinpa.
Sei pannelli dipinti con inchiostro su foglia oro e "gofun" su carta veget...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Framed Tibetan Thankga of Amitabha
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Tibetan Thankga depicting Amitabha and surrounding deities, circa late 19th century. The center Amitabha is in a meditation form holding a black beggar's bowl. In the Mahayana Tradition of Buddhism, Amitabha is a celestial Buddha: the Buddha of Infinite Light and the principal Buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of East Asian Buddhism...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Wood, Paint
19th Century Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Festival Scenes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful late 19th century late Meiji period four-panel byobu screen featuring 12 scenes of a festival preparation. The intricately painted scenes have vibrant natural color pigments...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
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 Qing Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
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 Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone
Set of Four Chinese Floral Lattice Panels, 19th C.
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Qing-dynasty domestic architecture, tall lattice panels such as these were used in provincial courtyard homes to allow light and air into a room whilst maintaining privacy. Crafted in the 19th century, this set of four lattice door panels...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Elm
$16,800 / set
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Moonlit Landscape with Geese
Located in Hudson, NY
Geese amongst the reeds under a full moon. Mineral pigments on oxidized ground with silk brocade border. Signature reads: Yoshichi hitsu.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Japanese Three Garden Rabbits Family, Usagi
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions and coming from a Japanese collector of rabbit usagi sculptures
Rabbit family trio (3) seated rabbit sculptures hand cast and hand painted
This is an unusual Japanese one-of-a-kind group in both large and small scale
Quality: Hand cast with carved ears...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Bronze, Iron
$280 Sale Price / set
62% Off
Japanese Painting, Framed Panel, Dahlias and Roosters, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Tanaka Tessen (b.1890)
Dahlias and Roosters
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments and ink on silk.
Dimensions (framed):
H. 159 cm x W. 97 cm x D. 2.5 cm (62.5” x 38” x 1”)
An ornate and complex composition in which the artist explores almost the entire painting surface. The coloration is bold and evocative and the tinted silk ground recreates the warm golden glow of sunset. Soft, luminous brushwork details the black feathers of the roosters, which seem to cloud and blur in counterpoint to the sharper points of the eyes and beaks. Their brilliant red combs balance the composition, echoing the rich burgundy hues of the dahlias; the flowers exquisite and lifelike. Dahlias were an exotic subject favored by painters of the Taisho era.
The painting belongs to the school of Kyoto Nihonga, exemplifying the principles of decorative elegance and consumate brush technique with which it was intimately associated. Painters of the time relied on the Shijo school method, basing the forms of the composition from life sketches. Sometimes they were then integrated with elements derived from Chinese bird and flower...
Category
1920s Taisho Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
Japanese Framed Silk Painting, Turtledoves and Peaches, Taisho Era, circa 1920
Located in Kyoto, JP
Nakamura Daizaburo
Turtledoves in a Peach Tree
Taisho period, circa 1920
Framed painting. Mineral pigments, ink and gofun on silk
Signed: Daizaburo
Dimensions (framed)...
Category
1910s Taisho Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Silk
Set of Eight Chinese Watercolors of Working Women
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare antique set of eight Chinese watercolors depicting women in various occupations executed in a traditional delicate style on pith. Presented in a gilt carved wood Asian style fra...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Japanese Mid-Century Modern 4-Panels Screen w/ Flower Cart, Ca. 1950
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Mid-Century Modern 4-Panels Screen w/ Flower Cart, Ca. 1950
DIMENSIONS
Length: 71.5 inches
Height: 36.5 inches
Category
1950s Japonisme Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Chinese Eight-Panel Lacquered Screen with Gilt Calligraphy and Carved Decoration
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-part eight-panel screen from the 20th century, featuring low-relief carvings, gilt-painted calligraphy, and a rich brown lacquer finish. Composed of two sections with f...
Category
20th Century East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Japanese Showa Four Panel Screen Snowy Winter Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive large scale Japanese Showa period four panel byobu screen depicting a serene snowy winter landscape with willow, prunus, and bamboo. The screen features an amazing backgro...
Category
20th Century Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Edo/Tokugawa Screens Tale of Heiki
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental pair of late 18th century Japanese Edo/Tokugawa period byobu screens depicting the battles between Taira and Minamoto. The screens have six panels each with individual sce...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass, 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 Showa East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Snow Scene
Located in Hudson, NY
Kano school painting of a pheasant in a snowy pine. Artist signature reads: Hokkyo Shunyo. Mineral pigments on gold leaf with silk brocade border.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid 20th Century kimono textile art " Growing ~ Longevity ~" by ikasu Pink Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
<< About this canvas
This set is a depiction of a tall chrysanthemum stem, entirely dyed in a traditional shibori technique.
<< Period / Story
The haori featured in this canvas was created and used during the late Showa period (1960-80ies).
<< Explanation and meaning of pattern and colors
A charming chrysanthemum flowers all around a stem seem to reach the heavens.
The chrysanthemum flower, which retains its vitality long after being cut, symbolizes longevity, purification from malevolent spirits, and good fortune. In ancient times, during the Kamakura period (1185-1333), emperors loved the chrysanthemum pattern, and it remains the most prestigious flower and the emblem of the Japanese imperial family...
Category
1970s Japonisme Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas, Silk
Early 20th Century kimono textile art "Flower of Life ~Bonds~" by ikasu Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
[Story behind the work]
This artwork uses two pieces - front and reverse sides of same vintage obi (sash for kimono) fabric, united in a symbol of bonds and unity in Eastern culture ...
Category
1960s Japonisme Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Chinese Qing Nurhaci Emperor Portrait Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage Chinese Qing Taizu Nurhaci Emperor Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
ITEM DESCRIPTION: a beautiful reverse glass paintings. It has been in priv...
Category
1980s Qing Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Six Panel Screen: Silver Moon Rising Over Summer Field. Rimpa Style painting of a moon rising over summer flowers and grasses, including cockscomb and blue bellflowers. Pa...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
Grapevine
Anonymous. Korean, 17th century.
Wall panel, ink on paper.
Upper seal:
Kou Kinun in
Lower seal:
Kaigen
Dimensions:
Measures: 98.5 cm x 29.5 cm (39” ...
Category
17th Century Other Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
B81 Old Japanese Antiques 6panels, Silver Paper, folding Screen, Black remmed
Located in Niiza, JP
Silver paper folding screen
Material: Paper pasted on wooden frame
1 piece: Width 600 x Height 1750 x Depth 20 mm
Expanded size: Width 3630 mm
Folded size: Width 615 x Height 1750 x ...
Category
20th Century East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Embroidered Silk Gilt Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen featuring an embroidered silk picture of beautiful gift boxes. Stunning pattern of Hanaguruma (flower cart) laden with d...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Set of 6 Large Kakemonos Japanese Mythology, 19th Century Japan circa 1800 Edo
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful set of 6 large kakemonos from 19th century Japanese mythology.
Paper support with a canvas pasted on the paper
Wonderful set that is part of Japan's history and beliefs
When not hung, the Kakemonos are rolled up.
circa 1800 - Japan - Edo Period
A kakemono translates as "object to hang". In Japan this refers to a painting or calligraphy, most often done on silk or paper framed in a scroll that was intended to be hung on walls or in public lighting. This particular form, which allows them to be in a roll, dates back to the Tang dynasty in China (this would be related to the copying and preservation of ancient Buddhist texts). A Kami is a deity or spirit worshipped in the Shinto religion. A Yokai is a spirit, ghost, demon, or strange apparition from the creatures of Japanese folklore.
Each of these kakemonos represents a unique story:
- A kami, a Japanese deity, is shown painting a rainbow. Indeed, he performs the action with his right hand while his left hand holds a kind of basket with three pots of paint. This kami has a rather closed attitude. He is standing in a dark and tormented sky. Below this figure, 8 villagers are dressed in traditional Japanese clothes. Their faces are softened. They are not afraid of the elements made by the kami above their heads.
- A character with an unreal look is holding a kind of jar with his two hands, which he spills on human figures above. This being is floating in the air, probably a character from mythology, perhaps Susanoo. Underneath, villagers on umbrellas. They are trying to protect themselves as best they can from what is falling on them. One of them is carrying baskets with fish on her shoulders. A character in the background is thrown forward and falls.
- On this kakemono, the god Raijin, dressed in a white and blue outfit, strikes the sky with his two drum hammers to create lightning and its thunderous sound. Surrounded by Tomoe and a long red scarf, Raijin, enraged and with dishevelled hair, creates a dark and violent storm. The villagers seem frightened by this meteorological phenomenon. One of the villagers can be seen fainting in the arms of a man. This scene may seem chaotic, but Japanese legend tells us that once a field is struck by lightning, the harvest is good.
- On this kakemono, we see an unreal-looking figure holding a fan, as if he were sweeping away the bad weather, or simply producing gusts of wind. He is probably the kami of wind and air, Shina tsu-hiko. The figures below him seem surprised by so much wind. An umbrella flies away on the left, the women hold their hair and scarf, the clothes are caught in the power of the wind, there is even a woman on the ground on the bottom left.
- This Kakemono represents a short moment. This Raiju is a yokai (ghost spirit...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
$2,585 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid 19th Century Framed Japanese Painting. Snail, Wasp
Hollyhock.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Obata Tosho (1812-1886)
Snail, Wasp & Hollyhock
Late Edo period, mid 19th Century
Framed Japanese Painting. Ink and color on paper.
Individually framed 19th century bird and flow...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
18°th Century Japanese Gold Leaf Screen
By Japanese Studio
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 Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese "Magpie and Peony" Two Panel Screen, Edo Period, 18th/19th century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Japanese two panel "Magpie and Peony" screen, ink and color on paper, Edo Period, late 18th or early 19th century, circa 1800, Japan.
The two panel screen features a wond...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Copper
Chinese Seven-Panel Inlaid Zitan Screen, late 19th/early 20th century
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary and monumental seven-panel zitan screen from the late Qing Dynasty, dating to the early 20th century. Masterfully crafted and richly decorated on both sides, the fro...
Category
Early 1900s Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood
Early Edo Period Chinese-Inspired Screen
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This remarkable screen from the early Edo period, circa the 17th century, showcases the influence of early Chinese art forms with its intricate ink work on a gold leafed surface. The...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,496 Sale Price
56% Off
Asian Wood Panel Paintings Diptych Brass Hardware Flora and Fauna Scene Chinese
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Vintage Han Palace Art Co. scroll framed oil painting wood diptych carved panels. The original tag on back. This is a vintage piece from the 1950s or 1960s....
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
$2,250 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Late 17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Battle of Ichi-no-tani and Yashima.
Located in Kyoto, JP
Anonymous
Late 17th Century
Battle of Ichi-no-tani & Yashima
Dimensions: Each Screen: H. 175 cm x W. 385 cm (69” x 151.5”)
This pair of Japanese screens depict two significant battles from the Genpei War (1180–85), as recounted in the Tale of the Heike, a semi-historical epic chronicling the conflict between rival clans for control of Japan, written in the early 1200s.
Each screen portrays a single battle through a series of small episodes, framed by gold clouds, landscape elements, and architectural features. True to the style of many screens inspired by The Tale of the Heike, the scenes are rendered in lavish colors and gold, downplaying the brutality of the warfare. Although based on real events, these narratives often glorified and romanticized the heroic feats of the warriors. Viewers at the time would have been familiar with the story’s details, leading to a proliferation of paintings on folding screens inspired by this theme from the late Muromachi to the early Edo periods.
On the right screen, we see the Minamoto’s attack on the Taira, who have retreated from the capital, Kyoto, toward the sea. The central building represents the temporary Taira headquarters, where Taira soldiers are holding the young Emperor Antoku. The Minamoto plan to launch a surprise attack from the rear after descending the steep cliff known as Ichi-no-tani, depicted at the top center. This scene highlights the tactical brilliance of Minamoto commander Yoshitsune and the courage of his men.
The left screen captures moments from the Battle of Yashima...
Category
Late 17th Century Edo Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Kanō Screen -Tale of Genji
Cherry Blossoms
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Kanō school, depicting a scene from the Tale of Genji , with various noble ladies and gentlemen in a landscape of cherry Blossoms - ink, colors and gold ...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Two Panel Screen: White Shepard
Located in Hudson, NY
White Shepard reclining in a garden pathway surrounded by tree peony, azaleas and thistle. Mineral pigments on paper with silk brocade border and black lacquer trim with elaborate br...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brocade, Lacquer, Paper
Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
Located in London, GB
A Collection of Five 19th Century Chinese Export Gouache Portraits on Pith Paper
C.1850
Depicting Court Figures in Imperial Dress
Framed and gla...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
Japanese Six Panel Kano School Winter Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Meiji period six-panel screen depicting a winter landscape with a Chinese sage visiting friends in a country villa. Ink and vivid color pigments on mulberry paper mounted to a gilt background. Painted in the 19th century Kano school...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Metal
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 Modern East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Linen
Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
Early 20th Century Pair of Japanese Folding Screens, Deer Under Maple Trees
Located in Kyoto, JP
Deer under maples
Late Taisho period, circa 1925-1930
Pair of two-panel screens. Ink and pigment on silk.
Signature: Goho
Seal: Goho
A pair of two-fold Japanese silk screens...
Category
1920s Taisho Vintage East Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Paper, Silk
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Japanese 4 Panel Screen
Japanese Autumn Screen
Japanese Calligraphy Screen
Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen
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