Meandering Stream with Butterflies and Spring Flowers


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Very fine antique Japanese six panel folding screen (byōbu) in sumi and colors on gold leaf (kinpaku) applied paper, with paper hinges, textile border and wooden molding, depicting dandelions (tampopo), thistles (azami), iris (kakitsubata), clover (kurobaa) and horsetail (tsukushi) growing in and along a meandering stream.

Origin: Japan
Era: Mid 19th Century, Early Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 27.75” high x 85.00” wide

Painting 3734