A PAIR OF JAPANESE SIX-PANEL FOLDING SCREENS WITH HERONS
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Each screen ink, colour and gold leaf on paper, and mounted as a folding screen with lacquer and brocade mounts, the right screen representing autumn with herons in a stream beside reeds, white peonies and further herons in flight; the left screen represents spring with a group of herons flying towards a group of herons perched on a willow tree overhanging a stream with camellia growing beside rocks, mountaintops shrouded in clouds are visible in the distance on both screens, each screen with signature Sesshu yondai Unkoku Toeki hitsu and two seals
Each screen 169.5 x 382 cm. (66 ¾ x 150 3/8 in.) when unfolded
A PAIR OF JAPANESE SIX-PANEL FOLDING SCREENS WITH HERONS
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Each screen ink, colour and gold leaf on paper, and mounted as a folding screen with lacquer and brocade mounts, the right screen representing autumn with herons in a stream beside reeds, white peonies and further herons in flight; the left screen represents spring with a group of herons flying towards a group of herons perched on a willow tree overhanging a stream with camellia growing beside rocks, mountaintops shrouded in clouds are visible in the distance on both screens, each screen with signature Sesshu yondai Unkoku Toeki hitsu and two seals
Each screen 169.5 x 382 cm. (66 ¾ x 150 3/8 in.) when unfolded
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