A Japanese Namban six-fold screen painted in sumi and colour on paper with a continuous scene of a European boat unloading its cargo of horses and other livestock to trade with the Japanese for porcelain and textiles, officials watching on from the terrace of a pavilion to the side, all on a gold sprinkled cloud formation ground -- each leaf 35in.x 17¼in.

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A Japanese Namban six-fold screen painted in sumi and colour on paper with a continuous scene of a European boat unloading its cargo of horses and other livestock to trade with the Japanese for porcelain and textiles, officials watching on from the terrace of a pavilion to the side, all on a gold sprinkled cloud formation ground -- each leaf 35in.x 17¼in.
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