A very rare pair of 'battlement' border tiles with reciprocal trefoil design. Ottoman-era Damascus, circa 1575. A wide variety of tiles are used in the decoration of Islamic architecture in all its forms. Traditions of tile-making throughout the Islamic wo
A fixed brass fire fender and two fire screens, the fender with ball knop decoration, together with a bow fronted mesh fire screen with scroll detailing and a four panel folding screen, the fender 138 x 34.5 cm, the screens 66 cm and 83 cm high
A Spanish Baroque style painted wood floor screen, 20th century the pair of folding two-panel floor screens with nail head borders, polychrome and gilt decorated with meandering floral vines entwined with stylised scrollwork, a parrot on a branch lower rig
A pair of 18th century Japanese Edo period painted screens, attributed to Hanabusa Itch?. Each with six panels depicting kabuki actors. Some wear consistent with age including fading and some surface losses. Pale blue decorative pattern to the reverse. Sig
A group of twelve late Georgian and early Victorian face screens, second quarter 19th century, three pairs and others similar, variously papier mache, wood, and card, all similarly lacquered or painted with Chinoiserie scenes of figures in gardens and land
Carved Chinese window screens, late Qing Dynasty early 20th century, six panelled elm interior room Divider, with traditional Fretwok decorations of a scrolling, lattice field with medallion links, and solid panels to the upper and lower sections, height 2
Three Chinese miniature ivory screens on stands, each of rectangular form, two depicting mountainous landscape scenes with foreground figures and inscriptions to upper right, height approx 9 cm, the other depicting an eagle landing on a pine branch, with i
A pair of Chinese coromandel lacquer six panel screens, decorated with figures amongst pavilions on a black ground, the reverse with characters and cranes within a cracked ice border, each panel: 241 x 45.5 cm. Provenance: The studio of Margaret Olley, Pet
Original Japanese woodblock triptych by Chikanobu Yoshu (1838-1912), depicting six Kabuki theatre actors in an interior setting with screens, in bright colourful tones, signed, 35 cm x 24 cm (3)
Pair of late 19th century Chinese rosewood 4 panel dressing screens each panel decorated with dragons and scrolls, fret work panel to the top and 2 below on brass bound feet, 190 cm height
A pair of Japanese six panel screens, Meiji period (1868-1912) / Taisho period (1912-1926), polychrome ink and sumi and gold leaf, the right hand screen featuring a riverside residence amongst mountains, pines and blossom with figures enjoying music making
Pair of Japanese six panel screens, 20th century, ink and gilt on paper, silk and wood backs (2), height 172 cm length 370 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
Antique Russian silver & enamel icon screen miniature three section folding silver screen, with painted image on porcelain of the Virgin Mary with child to centre, with two apostles to side screens, Russian hallmark verso, height 4 cm; length 6 cm extended
Corgi 'Batmobile': with red bat hubs, tow bar and driver screens intact, Batman base plate; length 14 cm, c.late 1960s; also Corgi glastron 'Batboat' with trailer, length 16 cm. (2 items)
Three Georgian papier mache painted face screens, the screens of shaped form with turned timber handles, two screens hand decorated with scenes from The Old Curiosity Shop, the other of a river landscape scene with ship (a/f), height 41 cm, 41 cm and 44 cm
Stunning Satsuma Meiji period censer, of squat globular form with an inverted rim, the body beautifully decorated with frieze of forty six seated ladies in a tea ceremony with screens and vases, below a rim decorated with intricate border of melons, wings,
A pair of Chinese Hardstone-Inlaid table screens, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), 18th/19th century, the black lacquer panels inlaid with hardstone and jade decoration of pomegranate and nandina, inset into intricately pierced hardwood table screens. Provenance:
A pair of 19th century N.Z. hand painted lady's face screens, each mounted with an entitled watercolour, 'Solander Rocks N.Z.' and 'Sumner Rocks N.Z.', both mounted and framed by a floral embossed circular card with shaped edge, decorative printed paper to
A pair of Victorian paper mache hand held face screens, each painted with scenes from Northern Italy. Turned wooden handles. English circa 1850. Height 41.5 cm
Two Chinese polychrome decorated table screens, Republic period (1912-1949) the vertical panel 19 cm high, 12 cm wide, the horizontal panel 14 cm high, 25 cm wide
A pair of Georgian mahogany pole screens, the screens embroidered with classical scenes, original brass fittings for poles, the tripod base with paw feet. 36 cm x 28 cm (screen)
Set four Chinese decorated wall screens each portraying scenes of figures in a garden, with applied mother of pearl insets, in decorative frames, fitted for wall display, 92 cm x 30 cm each
Pair Chinese porcelain table screens. One with famille verte decoration of flowers, the other with grasshoppers and flowers, later with diagonal crack, 16.5 x 12 cm (each panel)
A pair of hongmu armchairs with 'dream-stone' marble insets, Late Qing dynasty to Republic period, by Li Jiren, 103.5 high, 61.5 wide, 46.5 deep (2). Provenance: Private collection, Sydney, acquired in the early 1980s. Erquan Shanmin is the studio name of
A tall Chinese red lacquer four panel screen, used as an internal wall, Qing Dynasty 18th/19th century, the top of each panel carved with open geometric lattice design, the central panel carved with stylized dragons, the bottom panel carved in high relief
A carved celadon jade circular table screen Qing dynasty, 19th century, (2), one side with undercut detailing depicting two boys standing on a rocky ledge beside a pine tree growing from a high cliff to the side, and with a pavilion set on a rocky promonta
An embellished lacquer six-fold screen, Qing dynasty, 19th century, each rectangular black lacquer panel inlaid in jade, malachite, lapis-lazuli, rose quartz, coral, carnelian, ivory, bone and other materials, depicting a continuous scene of figures on a p
A pair of Japanese Meiji period carved, lacquered and inlaid bone decorated two-panel screens, each with a red lacquered large central panel decorated with carved bone highlights of falcons perched upon blossoming bows, their attention drawn to smaller bir
A Japanese folding screen, Edo period (1603 - 1868), depicting two hawks used for sport hunting by Samurai, many Japanese artists of the Edo period created their works for powerful men, the wealthy and mighty nobility & warriors who ruled Japan. These men
Japanese folding screen, depicting a young woman in a kimono with a Ikebana flower display, Taisho period (1912 - 1926), Japanese screens, known as by?bu in Japanese, as by?bu literally means 'wind wall,' the original purpose of the screen was to block dra
A Japanese hanging scroll by the 16th century artist Kano Tanyu, of a Rakan / Arahat Buddhist Saint, Kano Tanyu (1602 -1674) was one of the foremost Japanese painters of the Kano school. Tanyu's most famous works are probably those he produced for these la
A pair of Victorian papier mache and shell face screens, mid 19th century, the circular screens with decoratively cut rims each painted with loose bouquets of summer flowers highlighted with mother-of-pearl inlay and surrounded by wide borders of gilded pa
Hans Sandgren Jakobsen (Danish, b. 1963), Two Viper Screens, designed 1996, manufactured by Fritz Hansen, consisting of vertical oval aluminium tubes, retains decal label 'Fritz Hansen, design Hans Sandgren Jakobsen, made in EU 2008' (2)
A polychrome lacquer six-fold screen of the Yihe Yuan (Summer Palace) depicting a continuous panorama of the scenic places of the Summer Palace including Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and the Kuoru Pavilion, with open walkways on the shores of the lake, and
A pair of Chinese Qing period screens, each with oval embroidered insert surrounded by ebonized frame with inlay bone and ivory supported on scrolled feet. 120 cm high.
A pair of Chinese wood and ceramic screens, the two folding screens with a large picture plaque in blue and white to the middle, calligraphy to each corner, with gilded carved decoration of figures and foliage to the top and base. One panel measures 30 cm
Three small Japanese mixed metal folding screens together with a cloisonne rectangular hinged box and small screen. Three small Japanese mixed metal folding screens together with a cloisonne rectangular hinged box and small screen. Height of tallest 15 cm.
Pair of Japanese six fold screens,each fold with a flower display. Signed lower left, late Meiji or Taisho, has an original timber storage box, height 172 cm, each fold 61 cm wide
Two early Victorian mahogany pole screens, of typical form, one with a needlepoint tapestry panel, the other with a silk-work panel, raised on turned column and out-swept legs, 141 cm & 136 cm high (2)