Cranes and Timber Bamboo
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Antique Japanese six panel folding screen (byōbu) in sumi and colors on gold leaf (kinpaku) applied paper on wooden core frames, with paper hinges, textile border and wooden molding, depicting a Red- Crested Japanese Crane (Tanchosuru), a pair of White-Naped Cranes (Manasuru) and a Rufous Turtle Dove (Kiji Bato) in and about a stand of timber bamboo (take) growing along a shoreline punctuated by iris (kakitsubata), peonies (botan) and variegated dwarf bamboo (sasa take). Origin: Japan Era: Edo/Tokugawa Period (1615-1868), Early 19th Century Dimensions: 69.50 inches high x 148.00 inches wide Painting 3578 |