Japanese Four Panel Byobu Folding Screen Hand Painted Lotus Pond and Kingfishers

Description

View Japanese Four Panel Byobu Folding Screen Hand Painted Lotus Pond and Kingfishers with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. • Form: Four-panel byobu, a Japanese folding screen, hinged between panels. The restraint is the point — most of the silk is left bare and the birds are the only strong colour in it. Low and wide, so it works standing behind a sofa or a bed, folded into a corner, or hung flat as it is in the photographs. PRODUCT DETAILS • Form: Four-panel byobu, a Japanese folding screen, hinged between panels • Material: Hand-painted on silk, woven brocade-pattern border, black lacquered frame • Dimensions: 70 in wide x 34 in high • Condition: Very good. Colours clean, no tears or staining found. • Unsigned as far as we can see — no artist's signature or red chop seal was found in the panels we examined A lotus pond painted in soft blue-green and grey washes: open blossoms, broad pads and seed heads, with two kingfishers in flight across the upper right. The restraint is the point — most of the silk is left bare and the birds are the only strong colour in it. Low and wide, so it works standing behind a sofa or a bed, folded into a corner, or hung flat as it is in the photographs. Collection or local delivery around Charlotte. Category: Antiques › Asian Antiques › Japan › Paintings & Scrolls.

Color

Multi-Color

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