Flowers of the Four Seasons
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Antique Japanese two panel folding screen (byōbu) in sumi, colors, gold dust (dei) and flecks of gold leaf (sunago) on paper, with paper hinges, textile border and wooden molding, depicting flowers and grasses of the four seasons including camellias (tsubaki), peonies (botan), iris (kakitsubata), narcissus (suisen), cherry (sakura), Chinese bellflowers (kikyo), lilies (yuri, alternately hiogi), chrysanthemums (kiku), flowering bush clover (hagi), patrinia (ominaeshi), pinks (nadeshiko), eulalia grass (susuki, alternately obana) and water lilies (suiren); the scene punctuated by hills and mist. Origin: Japan Era: Meiji (1868-1912), late 19th Century Signature: FUSEKI Dimensions: 27.25” high x 64.50” wide Painting 3723 |