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 are embellished with vivid color...
Brass, Gold Leaf
A six-panel Kano-school gold-leaf screen depicting cranes beneath a majestic pine tree
Located in Milano, IT
An antique six-panel Japanese screen in the Kano school, painted on a gold-leaf background with gold sand, depicting an elegant natural landscape featuring cranes, pine trees, and se...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen: Cranes on Gold
Located in Hudson, NY
Mineral pigments, gold dust and gold leaf on mulberry paper. With a gold embroidered 17th century silk brocade border and black lacquer trim.
Gold, Gold Leaf
Vintage kimono textile art " Cranes ~ Kintsugi ~ II" White Red Gold Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
In traditional Japanese art, gold leaf is often applied to religious objects, sculptures, paintings, and lacquerware to create a luxurious and decorative effect.
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Edo Meiji 6 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Red Crown Cranes Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite large antique six-panel Japanese Asian Byobu folding screen depicting a landscape scene with red crowned cranes, other playful birds and boldly colored blossoming S...
Gold Leaf
Cranes Sky Stars
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sandhill Cranes made out of gold and silver leaf amongst silver stars on a navy blue feild.
Silver, Gold Leaf
Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Cranes by the River
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The cranes by the river painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of gold leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wo...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 68.51 in W 144.1 in D 0.4 in
Meiji Period Painted Golden Screen with Cranes by Mochizuki Gyokkei from 1906
Located in Berlin, Berlin
A striking pair of Meiji period six-panel folding screens by Mochizuki Gyokkei (1874-1939) showing a flock of cranes. Together the two screens disclose a gorgeous seven-meter wide co...
Gold Leaf
Unavailable
H 36 in W 70 in D 1 in
Meiji Era Cranes along a River Japanese Screen Grues Aux Bords D'une Riviere
Located in Sarasota, FL
Phenomenal four-panel screen painted with four exquisite renderings of cranes in various positions. Anonymous artist (Japan, meiji era, 19th century) CRANES ALONG A RIVER Grues au...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four-Panel Gold Leaf Byobu Screen with Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Spectacular Japanese four-panel byobu screen featuring squares of gold leaf hand painted with white cranes. The screen is decorated with large green lotus blossoms amid pines and flo...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 65.75 in W 149.22 in D 0.79 in
A six-panel gold leaf screen with cranes among bamboo and peonies
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen in gold leaf and natural pigments depicting cranes, peonies, and bamboo. The composition unfolds over a wide golden ground. On the left rises a group of ...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Four-Panel Byobu Screen of Cranes and Willow on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 20th century Japanese Meiji four-panel screen featuring cranes and a willow tree. Painted on squares of gold leaf with a rich patina and set in an ebonized wood frame with a br...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Six Panel Screen Dance of 50 Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautiful painting of 50 cranes gathered on solid gold leaf ground.
Paper
Rinpa-Inspired Crane Sliding Doors, Late Edo Period
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Discover the artistry of traditional Japanese aesthetics with this pair of exquisite sliding doors, dating back to the late Edo period (1800-1850). These doors, adorned with a Rinpa-...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Kano School Crane Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese six-panel Meiji period screen depicting red crowned cranes in a landscape with pine trees and camellia. 19th century Kano school featuring gold leaf and vivid color...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Rinpa-Inspired Crane Sliding Doors, Late Edo Period
By Rimpa School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Discover the artistry of traditional Japanese aesthetics with this pair of exquisite sliding doors, dating back to the late Edo period (1800-1850). These doors, adorned with a Rinpa-...
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Period Two-Panel Screen Cranes and Pine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning Japanese Showa period two panel screen depicting red-crowned cranes in an ancient pine tree over crashing waves. Colorful green pigments with later gold leaf specks accentin...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Four-Panel Folding Screen with Hand-Painted Cranes
Located in New York, NY
These two-panel Japanese antique folding screens can come together to form a longer four-panel room divider. One side is delicately hand-painted with cranes over a gold-leaf backgrou...
Gold Leaf
Asian Gold Leaf Panels with Cranes, Set of 4
Located in West Hartford, CT
Set of four beautiful Chinese gold leaf panels with hand painted decoration depicting cranes and flowering trees. Each has brass hardware ready for hanging. Each measures 12” W x 36”...
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Six Panel Folding Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Opulent Chinese export six-panel lacquered screen featuring nine white cranes over a gilt gold leaf background. The idyllic landscape screen has gracefully waving fronds with delicat...
Gold Leaf
Two Cranes & Water Lilies
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale asian-style gold-leaf painting of two cranes and water lilies.
Gold Leaf
Reserved Order: Cranes Hand Painted Wallpaper on Antiqued Gold Metallic
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...
Gold Leaf
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H 100 in W 36 in D 0.1 in
Cranes Wallpaper Hand Painted Wallpaper on Antiqued Gold 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...
Gold Leaf
Chinese Export Gilt Coromandel Screen Manchurian Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Chinese export four-panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring an idyllic pond landscape with eight red crowned cranes or Manchurian cranes. In Taoism the Manchurian crane...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Contemporary Japanese Eight Panel Crane Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental contemporary Japanese eight panel screen featuring a three crane landscape scene. Painted on squares of gold leaf in an Edo period Kano School style and manner.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Six-Panel Screen of Cranes in Flight
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Ink and color pigments on paper set in a lacquered frame with a gold leaf square border. Charming painting in a naive school style that show beautifully.
Gold Leaf
Japanese Showa Two-Panel Screen Manchurian Crane Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting Manchurian or red-crowned cranes in a bamboo and river landscape. Bold, vivid ink and natural colored pigmen...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Taisho Period Two-Panel Screen Wading Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Extraordinary Japanese Taisho period two-panel byobu screen depicting six wading cranes. Made in the Nihonga School signed, sealed, and dated on the right side 1916 (Taisho era 5th-y...
Gold Leaf
Pair of Japanese Six Panel Meiji Crane Landscape Screens
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating pair of Japanese six-panel Meiji period screens depicting red-crowned cranes and minogame in landscape scenes. The colorful landscapes feature pine, bamboo, camellia flow...
Brass, Gold Leaf
Japanese Style Four Panel Screen Flock of Cranes in Pine
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning late 20th century Japanese style byobu four-panel screen depicting a flock or sedge of white manchurian cranes in an ancient pine tree. The painting features ink and natural...
Brass, Gold Leaf
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H 72.45 in W 72.84 in D 0.99 in
Hand Painted, 4 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Hand Painted, 4 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Gold Leaf
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H 63.39 in W 82.29 in D 0.79 in
Hand Painted, 5 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Hand Painted, 5 Panel Folding Screen with Crane Birds, Room Divider
Gold Leaf
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H 50.5 in W 105 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Antique Hand Painted Blue Waters, Cranes, Trees Screen Vibrant Color
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions One of a pair currently available Japanese Antique Stunning Hand Painted Vibrant Blue Waters, Cranes, And Pine Trees Six Panel Screen, Byobu ...
Gold Leaf
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.
Decorated with white cranes and the sought-after thousand-butterflies motif, the Meiji-period vessel offers both a celebration of traditional aesthetics and a clear reflection of the era’s appetite for exquisite export pieces.
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