A Pair of Six-Fold Screens
A Pair of Six-Fold Screens

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH - EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

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A Pair of Six-Fold Screens
Edo period (late 17th - early 18th century)
Each in ink, colour and sunago [gold powder] on a gold foil ground with deer among lichen-covered maple trees, signed Jurakugosho konpeki no koga, Ozui hoshu [an old painting from Juraku palace, repaired by Ozui] and sealed Ozui of Maruyama Ozui (1766 - 1829)
Each 170.2 x 376cm.
Provenance
Inagaki family collection, Kyoto
Literature
Kyoto Bijutsu Club auction catalogue, October 1935
Sale Room Notice
Please note these screens are 18th Century.

Please note that this lot should be marked with a red square in the printed catalogue and as such the lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse and can be collected as of Friday 17th October. Free storage will apply until 5pm on 29th October 2014.

Lot Essay

For a similar example, but a two-panel screen, see Kano Hiroyuki et al., eds., Jidai byobu shuka [Collection of antique screens], (Kyoto, 1990), no. 67, p. 124-5.

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