Chrysanthemums and Brushwood Fence

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Antique Japanese six panel folding screen (byōbu) in sumi, colors, gesso (moriage), flecks of gold leaf (sunago) and gold leaf (kinpaku) on paper, with paper hinges, textile border and wooden molding, depicting white chrysanthemums (kiku) growing out from behind a rustic brushwood fence (shibagaki) and bamboo trellis (misugaki) along a rocky shoreline framed by mist and billowing clouds.

Origin: Japan
Era: Mid 19th Century; Edo (Tokugawa) Period (1615-1868)
Dimensions: 67.25” high x 149” wide

One of pair; right-hand mate available.

Painting 3777