ANONYMOUS, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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TETHERED HAWKS
ANONYMOUS, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Four paintings mounted as a four-panel screen; ink, color and gold on paper; each with unidentified jar seal
39 3/8 x 68 7/8 in. (100 x 174.9 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Emblems of samurai culture, the hawks, each striking a distinctive pose and with eyes painted in gold, are tethered to wood stands with fancy tasseled cords.

Robert Ellsworth displayed this screen in his Manhattan restaurant, the Gibbon.

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