B110 Japanese art Silver Byobu, 2panels, folding Screen, Irregular type
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden frame 1 piece: Width 830 x Height 350 x Depth 17 mm Expanded size: Width 1660 mm Folded size: Width 830 x Height 350 x Depth 35 mm, weight 2 kg Estimate Packa...
Paper
B88 Japanese Antiques Art, silver background Screen Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Silver Paper, wooden frame One piece: W870×H1730mm×D17mm, Unfolded size: W1740mm Folded size: W870×H1730×D35mm, 5kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood)...
Paper
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...
Fabric, Paper
B87 Japanese Antiques Art, Chrysanthemum and silver background Screen Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: whitewash, Paper, wooden frame One piece: W710×H1510mm×D17mm, Unfolded size: W1420mm Folded size: W710×H1510×D35mm, 15kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm ply...
Paper
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Tree With Flowers
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, quite riveting four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape with a cherry blossom tree and array of blooming flowers It is quite a wonderful co...
Silver Leaf
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.
Silver Leaf
Japanese Asian Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Cherry Blossom Tree Playful Birds
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a natural landscape cherry blossom tree branch scene with a two of playful flying birds.
Silver Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Hawks
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The hawks painting of this four-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wooden lattic...
Silver Leaf
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu of Irises
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The irises painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on squares of silver leaf which are applied by hand to the paper base over carefully jointed wooden lattic...
Silver Leaf
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H 66.93 in W 141.34 in D 0.79 in
Byôbu Screen 屏風 Chrysanthemums, Rinpa School, Edo / Meiji period
By Rinpu Sasaki
Located in Valladolid, ES
One of a kind and very refined Japanese screen or byôbu 屏風 with six folding panels depicting chrysanthemums on a gold background. Fine lacquered wooden frame with metal fittings that...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Two-Panel Screen from the Kano School Byobu
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese two-panel screen from the Kano School Byobu, with silver leaf and rolling waves.
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H 68 in W 148.5 in D 0.6 in
Japanese Asian Large Edo Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Forest Tree Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully composed (with fabulous use of negative space) quite large six-panel Sea of Trees Japanese Byobu folding screen/room divider depicting a vast forest scene wi...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
B98 Japanese Silver Byobu, 2panels, folding Screen, Ink painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: Paper, wooden frame 1 piece: Width 760 x Height 1500 x Depth 20 mm Expanded size: Width 1520 mm Folded size: Width 760 x Height 1500 x Depth 40 mm, weight 5 kg Packaging (5...
Paper
Japanese Four-Panel Silver Gilt Byobu Table Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Japanese silver gilt byobu four-panel folding table screen featuring a metallic silver leaf ground decorated with foliate and birds.
Brass, Silver Leaf
B7 Japanese Antiques Silver Screen, 6-panel Byobu
Located in Niiza, JP
Size when unfolded: 3480 x 1180 x 15 mm Can be folded to 580 x 1180 x 105 mm. 7㎏ Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 5-10 mm plywood): 22 CM x 70 CM x 130 CM Weight 2...
Paper
B48 Old Japanese Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1740 x 1750 x 20 mm Foldable: 870 x 1750 x 40 mm, 7kg Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 5 mm plywood): 9 cm x 95 cm x 185 cm Weight 30KG An atmosph...
Paper
B49 Old Japanese Silver folding screen, Byobu 2panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Unfolded size: 1740 x 1750 x 15 mm Foldable: 870 x 1750 x 35 mm, 5kg Estimated size after packaging (sandwiched between 5-10 mm plywood): 10 cm x 95 cm x 185 cm Weight 29 KG An at...
Paper
Japanese Silver Leaf Byobu Screen with Bamboo and Finches, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This Edo-period Japanese two-panel byobu screen displays a serene landscape of two young bamboo culms against a silver leaf field.
Silver
19th Century Japanese Four-Panel Silver Gilt Byobu Table or Wall Screen
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th century Japanese four-panel silver gilt byobu table or wall screen.
Silk
Byobu Japan Screen green white peonies Showa Signed
By Japanese Studio
Located in Valladolid, ES
Byobu, Folding screen, Room divider 屏風 (Byôbu) - Lacquered wood, Paper, Gold leaf - Flowers, Peonies 牡丹 (botan) - Signed by ‘Ren Kaneda’ 金田錬 - Charming low 6-panel folding screen wit...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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H 68.12 in W 145.52 in D 0.75 in
Large Japanese byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with Nanga School-style painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This painting is made using black ink (sumi) on an goldish oxidized silver leaf background. Silver leaf continuously undergoes the process of oxidation, which creates a beautiful age...
Silver Leaf
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H 36 in W 73 in D 0.6 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Deer in Misty Forest Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a nature landscape scene with two adult deer/bucks and a doe walking through an early morning misty forest.
Silver Leaf
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H 36 in W 71.5 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Chinese Asian 4 Panel Folding Byobu Screen Lotus Flowers Bird Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
We believe this could a Chinese screen done in the Japanese Byobu fashion but the reverse could also be true The hand painted detail and vivid colors on the silver leaf really makes...
Silver Leaf
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H 59.5 in W 54 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Signed Two-Panel Folding Byobu Showa Screen Featuring Happy Monk
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous tall two-panel Japanese Byobu folding screen depicting a colorfully clad happy monk with a hand fan in his garden.
Silver Leaf
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H 36 in W 73 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Showa Byobu Nature Pagoda Landscape Pine Tree Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
The striking color scheme and unusual raised surface images of the pagoda and trees/pine needles against the dark gold and silver leaf background make this an attractive and special ...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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H 67.84 in W 147.17 in D 0.75 in
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Fascinating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on goldish silver leaf with different scenes of people at work in a rural mountain village during th...
Silver Leaf
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H 36 in W 70.5 in D 0.5 in
Japanese Asian Signed Four Panel Folding Byobu Screen Herons in the Winter Snow
Located in Studio City, CA
Painted in mineral colors on oxidized metal/silver leaf. The vibrant, rich yet muted/understated colors, silver leaf, and beautiful hand-painted detail of the birds and snow filled ...
Silver Leaf
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H 36 in W 72 in D 0.75 in
Japanese Asian Four-Panel Byobu Showa Siver Screen Yellow Birds Goldfinch Tree
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous four-panel Japanese Byobu folding silver leaf screen depicting a nature scene with playful yellow and black birds (likely Japanese goldfinch birds) frolicking in nature am...
Wood, Paper
A pair of six-panel Japanese screens (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
Each screen similarly decorated with gold and silver fans painted with flowers, fruits and other plants, floating over stylized waves bordered by a curving bank lined with reeds bent...
Silver
Japanese Ginpaku Screen
Located in Bainbridge Island, WA
Six panels Silver leafed folding screen (byobu) with black laquered wood edging.
Silver Leaf
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H 55 in W 78 in D 0.88 in
Hand Painted Japanese Folding Screen Byobu Hawks Painting Watercolor Silver Leaf
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The hawks painting of this four-panel screen is hand painted in watercolor, on rice paper and mounted on squares of silver leaf, which are applied by hand to the paper base over care...
Wood, Rice Paper
$1,380
H 13.78 in W 39.77 in D 39.97 in
1910s-20s Japanese antique wabi sabi Zataku, low canter table, low coffee table
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese antique Zataku low table for 4 people, a set of tabletop & wooden leg frame. Aimed to make as Kotatsu table (heat table with brazier) in winter. Tabletop material is ma...
Hardwood, Cedar, Wood
Pair of 70s Style Italian Bamboo and Brass Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Monumental size Bamboo lamps. Crafted in Italy and made to order, these lamps are modern and chic. Production lead time 2-4 weeks. Base diameter 8 inches, hat diameter 20 inches, he...
Brass
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
Brass
$434 / item
H 3.54 in W 4.92 in D 5.51 in
Galupa Art Deco Wall Sconce, Optical Glass & Aluminum, Up/Down Lighting
Located in İstiklal, TR
GALUPA Art Deco Wall Sconce, a masterpiece of design that effortlessly combines elegance and functionality. This stunning wall sconce is crafted in the timeless Art Deco style, featu...
Aluminum
Japanese Taisho Two Panel Screen Bamboo Butterfly Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese late Taisho period early Showa period two-panel byobu screen featuring a colorful bamboo loquat landscape with a butterfly. Beautifully crafted in the Nihonga school ...
Brass
Kai Kristiansen Walnut and Mohair Mohair Velvet Bench
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in London, England
A beuatiful bench designed by Danish master Kai Kristiansen in the 1950s and now produced under license by Dagmar in Denmark. This hand-made to order bench has a solid walnut frame ...
Mohair, Oak, Walnut
Giancarlo Palanti Italian Art Deco Stool, circa 1930
Located in New York, NY
A glamorous Italian Art Deco mahogany stool designed by Italian architect, Giancarlo Palanti, circa 1930 with elegant high backrest; with simple and streamlined design and elegant cu...
Fabric, Mahogany
$1,000
H 68.7 in W 35.83 in D 1.38 in
1860s-90s Wabi-Sabi Japanese thick black sliding lattice door, exterior door
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
New finds from the old-established family house in Ibaraki pref, Kanto area, Japan. Had been kept with care at the 2nd floor to avoid the humidity , even it was used as the exterior ...
Wood
Tall 6-panel golden silk Japanese folding screen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking, tall six-panel byôbu (folding screen) entirely covered with lustrous golden silk with a faint square pattern. In Japan, such tranquil and evenly composed screens are ofte...
Gold Leaf
$900
H 26.78 in W 37.01 in D 0.79 in
B84 Japanese art, Ink painting on gold folding screen, Sailor, 2-panel
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: gold Paper on wooden frame One piece: W935×H680mm×D15mm, Unfolded size: W1870mm Folded size: W935×H680×D30mm, 3kg Estimate packing size: (sandwiched with 5-10mm plywood): 1...
Paper
Jorge Zalszupin, Lounge Chairs, Leatherette, Fabric, Brazil, 1969
By Jorge Zalszupin
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of red leatherette and pink fabric "Cubo" lounge chairs designed by Jorge Zalszupin and produced by L'Atelier, Brazil, c. 1969. Several tears of various sizes in leather on ...
Fabric, Faux Leather
$10,265
H 44.1 in W 30.71 in D 16.54 in
French Art Deco Demi-Lune Bar Cabinet in Black Lacquer with Marble Top, 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
This exquisite demi-lune bar cabinet from 1930s French Art Deco design is a true showpiece — a refined blend of luxury and functionality. With its rounded silhouette, gleaming materi...
Marble
$4,168 / item
H 23.63 in Dm 7.88 in
Josef Hoffmann Silk and Brass Pendant Wiener Werstaette 5th Avenue, Re Edition
By Woka Lamps, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vienna, AT
This marvellous pendant was designed for the New York branch of the historical Wiener Werkstaette. All components according to the UL regulations, with an additional charge we will ...
Brass
Achille Castiglioni Teli Kd51/R light Flos - Italy 1970s
By Achille Castiglioni, Flos
Located in London, GB
Light is tempered and diffused by these rare pendants, an elegant contrast of primary modernist shapes and textured fabric. Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002) and his brother Pier Giaco...
Steel
$7,567 / item
H 25.6 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
'Teli' Pendant light by Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos
By Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Flos
Located in TOURS, FR
'Teli' Pendant light by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos Designed and manufactured in Italy, circa the 1970s
Metal
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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