diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowAdapter.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowAdapter.java
index 874529bbe1..8a53f7fcc0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowAdapter.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/models/RowAdapter.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public interface RowAdapter<RowT> {
 
   ByteString getKey(RowT row);
 
+  default void onLargeRow(ByteString rowKey) {}
+
   /**
    * A SAX style row factory. It is responsible for creating two types of rows: standard data rows
    * and special marker rows. Marker rows are emitted when skipping lots of rows due to filters. The
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeReadRowsResumptionStrategy.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeReadRowsResumptionStrategy.java
index 93b6b548dd..8d36d1b088 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeReadRowsResumptionStrategy.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeReadRowsResumptionStrategy.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public RowT processResponse(RowT response) {
   public Throwable processError(Throwable throwable) {
     ByteString rowKeyExtracted = extractLargeRowKey(throwable);
     if (rowKeyExtracted != null) {
+      rowAdapter.onLargeRow(rowKeyExtracted);
       LOGGER.warning("skipping large row " + rowKeyExtracted);
       this.largeRowKey = rowKeyExtracted;
       numProcessed = numProcessed + 1;
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginator.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdc580fb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.readrows;
+
+import com.google.api.core.InternalApi;
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Filters;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * A paginator for fetching large rows from Bigtable chunk by chunk to avoid the 256MB size limit.
+ * It yields Filters that chunk the row by cell limits and handles limit halving if
+ * FAILED_PRECONDITION occurs.
+ */
+@InternalApi("For internal usage only")
+public class LargeRowPaginator {
+  private int currentLimit;
+  private int currentOffset;
+  private boolean hasMore;
+  @Nullable private final Filters.Filter baseFilter;
+
+  public LargeRowPaginator(int initialLimit, @Nullable Filters.Filter filter) {
+    this.currentLimit = initialLimit;
+    this.currentOffset = 0;
+    this.hasMore = true;
+    this.baseFilter = filter;
+  }
+
+  /** Yields the filter required to fetch the next chunk of cells for the large row. */
+  public Filters.Filter getNextFilter() {
+    Filters.ChainFilter chain = Filters.FILTERS.chain();
+    if (baseFilter != null) {
+      chain.filter(baseFilter);
+    }
+    if (currentOffset > 0) {
+      chain.filter(Filters.FILTERS.offset().cellsPerRow(currentOffset));
+    }
+    chain.filter(Filters.FILTERS.limit().cellsPerRow(currentLimit));
+    return chain;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Advances the internal offset. Call this after a successful Bigtable API call.
+   *
+   * @param cellsReadInLastChunk The number of cells returned in the last chunk.
+   * @return true if there are potentially more cells to fetch.
+   */
+  public boolean advance(int cellsReadInLastChunk) {
+    this.currentOffset += cellsReadInLastChunk;
+
+    // If we read fewer cells than requested, we've hit the end of the row.
+    if (cellsReadInLastChunk < currentLimit) {
+      this.hasMore = false;
+    }
+    return this.hasMore;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Call this if the Bigtable API call fails with a FAILED_PRECONDITION due to size limits. It
+   * reduces the batch size to fetch a smaller chunk on the next attempt.
+   */
+  public void halveLimit() {
+    this.currentLimit /= 2;
+    if (this.currentLimit == 0) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Cannot divide limit further. A single cell might be too large.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  public boolean hasNext() {
+    return this.hasMore;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginatorTest.java b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginatorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da5e14673b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/data/v2/stub/readrows/LargeRowPaginatorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.stub.readrows;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Filters;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class LargeRowPaginatorTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPaginatorAdvancesProperly() {
+    LargeRowPaginator paginator = new LargeRowPaginator(10, null);
+
+    assertThat(paginator.hasNext()).isTrue();
+
+    // Simulate reading exactly the limit (10 cells). Paginator assumes more data exists.
+    boolean hasMore = paginator.advance(10);
+    assertThat(hasMore).isTrue();
+    assertThat(paginator.hasNext()).isTrue();
+
+    // Simulate reading 5 cells (less than limit, indicating end of row)
+    hasMore = paginator.advance(5);
+    assertThat(hasMore).isFalse();
+    assertThat(paginator.hasNext()).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPaginatorHalvesLimit() {
+    LargeRowPaginator paginator = new LargeRowPaginator(10, null);
+
+    paginator.halveLimit(); // Internal limit becomes 5
+
+    // Simulate reading exactly the new limit (5 cells)
+    boolean hasMore = paginator.advance(5);
+    assertThat(hasMore).isTrue();
+
+    paginator.halveLimit(); // Internal limit becomes 2
+
+    // Simulate reading 1 cell (less than the new limit of 2)
+    hasMore = paginator.advance(1);
+    assertThat(hasMore).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPaginatorThrowsOnZeroLimit() {
+    LargeRowPaginator paginator = new LargeRowPaginator(1, null);
+
+    RuntimeException exception = assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> paginator.halveLimit());
+    assertThat(exception).hasMessageThat().contains("Cannot divide limit further");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPaginatorWithBaseFilter() {
+    LargeRowPaginator paginator =
+        new LargeRowPaginator(10, Filters.FILTERS.family().exactMatch("cf"));
+
+    Filters.Filter nextFilter = paginator.getNextFilter();
+
+    Filters.Filter expectedFilter =
+        Filters.FILTERS
+            .chain()
+            .filter(Filters.FILTERS.family().exactMatch("cf"))
+            .filter(Filters.FILTERS.limit().cellsPerRow(10));
+
+    assertThat(nextFilter.toProto()).isEqualTo(expectedFilter.toProto());
+  }
+}