Six-panel byobu 屏風 screen painted on silk with floral motifs with numerous chrysanthemums. The ocher silk provides a warm backdrop for the delicate floral motifs that adorn the screen. The chrysanthemums, with their elegant shapes and shades of white, yellow and pink, are painted with precision, creating a visual effect that captures the essence of nature's beauty.
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 172 x 375 x 2 cm.
State of conservation: Excellent condition – There ...
Pair of 6-panel screens; ink, colors, gofun (crushed calcified crustacean shell) and gold on paper framed by a double silk brocade border.
The screen on the right represents numerous geese (14), some flying down in front of a black moon, others in search of food or resting among the grass at the edge of a body of water with a background of a mountain.
The left screen depicts egrets (7), three of which are perched on the trunk of a majestic weeping willow, covered in a white pigment represent...
A delicate kiri-wood tray decorated with a fledgling among grass puffed up against the cold by important 20th century artist Domoto Insho enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kosuzume Seifu (Small Sparrow, Pure Wind) and signed inside Insho Saku. It is 19 x 19 x 2.5 cm (7-1/2 x 7-1/2 x 1 inch) and is in excellent condition.
Table screen composed of four cloisonné panels worked in the ginbari technique with translucent enamels on a red background decorated with polychrome irises.
The red background provides a contrast for the polychrome irises, which represent the rebirth and beauty of nature.
On the back of the screen the swallows are engraved on silver metal.
Origin: Japan
Period: Taisho-Showa 1920 ca.
Dimensions: 18 x 33 x 0.3 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
The sage gazes out from his hermitage clinging to the hillside upon a sparse scene of falling water and precipitous climbing peaks dominating this painting by Shirakura Niho dating from the prime of his career. Ink and light color on silk mounted in blue cloth with thin piping terminating in white ceramic rollers. It is 40.5 x 187.5 (16 x 74 inches) and is in excellent condition; enclosed in a modern wooden storage box. A published version of the Niho Catalog will accompany the work.
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Extremely rare: early 19th century Inkstone Screen made of finest Satsuma porcelain and covered with beautiful colors.
The purpose of the inkstone screen, normally placed directly behind the inkstone, is to prevent dust from landing on the inkstone.
It is in great antique condition with no cracks or repairs.
Size: 17cm hight x 15 cm width.
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Meiji (1868-1912) Japanese Mixed Metal Shibayama Table Screen Marked Masakazu 政一
It is 10.23 inches (26 cm) tall by 10.63 inches (27 cm) in length. It is 1.85 lb.
It is tarnished and has oxidation, warped and small cracks at the board, missing mother of pearls and inlays, small chips to the inlays, stains, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Korean antique screen painting in four panels. Painted with scenes of various types of birds and plants. The birds include parrots, doves and sparrows. And the plants include citron, peony, peach and cherry. Rock formations sprout lingzhi mushrooms. Painted in mineral colors on paper.
Age: 19th century
Dimensions: 36 3/4" high x 59" wide
The last rare Joseon Dynasty Munjado-Chaekgeori combination screen offered for sale was a decade ago at auction. It will likely be at least that long until you see another, if you ever see one for sale again at all. Even most museums have been unable to find one to acquire. The Cleveland Museum has a fine example. This rare combination of Munjado and Chaekgeori was painted only in the Gangwon Province.
Munjado screens have eight pictorial ideographs depicting the Eight Confucian Virtues: Hyo ...
Pair of monumental sized Chinese coromandel type screens. Four panels each, for eight panels. Incised and polychrome lacquered decoration of immortals in heavenly palace-garden landscape. Good and serviceable condition. Vintage, probably about mid 20th century or earlier. Height, 8 feet high (about 244 cm). Width, each panel 16 inches wide (about 40.64 cm each panel).
Japanese antique small 6-panel screen painting of five cranes flying over waves as the sun rises in the distance. Painted in mineral colors with gold flecks on paper. Signature: Morifusa.
Age: Showa Period Mid 20th Century
Dimensions: 22 1/2" high x 62 1/2" long
Antique Japanese 4-panel small screen painting of landscape. Mountain landscape with rocky outcroppings, huts and trees on the edge of a wide expanse of water. A group of scholars contemplate a water fall. More figures sit outside waterside huts. A lone figure fishes from a boat. Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Signed Unkoku Toeki (1591-1644).
Unkoku Toeki was the second son of Unkoku Tōgan. (1547–1618), heir to the artistic legacy and patrons of Sesshû Tōyō (1420–15...
1960's Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Plaque Table Screen with Mountain Scene Signed "胡邦浩"
It is 10 inches (25.5 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide measured with stand. The plaque is 6.4 inches (16.3 cm) in length by 3.9 inches (10 cm) wide. It is 0.7 lb.
It has surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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An antique Japanese 2-panel screen painting of Irises from the Rimpa school in the style of Ogata Korin. Clusters of purple blooms float gently across the panels. Painted in mineral colors over gold leaf.
Age: Taisho (1912-1926)
Dimensions: 54 1/2" Wide by 53 1/2" High
A Very Fine/Rare Korean Spring Sea-Landscape 8 Panel Screen by (남농南農), 허건-許楗] (1908~1987): Korea,
A large eight-panel screen, painted in ink on paper depicting early Morning of Spring Sea- Landscape painting, large thick fog spread in deep mountain and fishing village near
Fishermen, silk brocade borders and wooden frame with metal fittings, inscribed in the upper right corner: "Enjoying the fresh morning” ai1907~1987):
It’s in very good condition as an 8 panel screen...
Antique Japanese small two-panel screen painting of Kiyomizu-dera temple. The scene shows the famous main hall platform that stands high above the trees on a cliff overlooking Kyoto. Kiyomizu-dera temple was founded in 778 and is now a World Heritage Site. This painting also shows the surrounding area with it's many smaller buildings, stone walls and elaborate gates. Painted in sumi ink and mineral colors on paper.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 16" high x 30 1...
19/18th Century Chinese White Jade Carved Plaque with Boy Figure Wood Frame Table Screen
It is 10.5 inches (26.7 cm) tall by 5.9 inches (15 cm) wide. The jade plaque is 4.3 inches (11 cm) in length by 2.55 inches (6.5 cm) wide and 0.19 inch (0.5 cm) thick. The jade plaque is 92.8 gram. The wood stand is 0.8 lb.
The jade plaque has inclusions and surface wears. The wood stand has hairline cracks, glue residue and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed & Painted Pottery Screen (16th Century)
A pottery model of a screen made during the 16th century (c.1550 - 1600). Made from a hard creamy-white pottery and coated in green and black glazes that have, in places, acquired a silvery iridescence, a result of very long exposure to moisture. In addition to the glazes is red pigment.
Length 18.5 cm, height 19 cm. Fine condition - no sign of restoration or repair.
One of a collection of Ming Dynasty pottery model...