Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019

Lot 253

A JAPANESE TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3500

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Description

A JAPANESE TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Decorated in ink and colour on a gold ground with a large cart, hanaguruma, with two large flower baskets, hanakago, containing summer flowers including chrysanthemum, kiku, peony, botan, and iris, kakitsubata, 166.5cm x 187.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Holcombe House, Painswick, Cotswolds.