Lot 1
EDO PERIOD, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Painted on silk and evoking the spirit of the Musashino plain - marshlands which once existed to the south-west of Tokyo. Late Summer grasses and Kuma Zasa (Low Growing Bamboo) placed purposefully across the four panels and mounted on quality silk brocade with quality kanagu (metalwork fittings) featuring a tortise shell design.
Each screen 89.5cm high, 190cm wide
Estimate $4,000 - $6,000
Each screen has a minor perforation on the back and some very minor wear from normal use. Remounted in the second half of the 20th Century.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
Screens depicting Musashino are one of the great classical subjects of Japanese art. 'Meisho-e', literally 'famous places') were immortalised by famous poems and/or literary tales.
The Asian Art Edit
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8281
6:30pm - 12 December 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Wednesday 5 December, 9am-8pm
Wednesday 12 December, 9am-4pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au
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