A FINE SIX-PANEL ‘CRANES AND THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ BYOBU (FOLDING SCREEN)

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A FINE SIX-PANEL ‘CRANES AND THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ BYOBU (FOLDING SCREEN) Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Ink, watercolors, gouache, and gold paint on paper. Mounted on silk brocade on six wood panels with finely chased gilt brass fittings. Finely painted with tanchozuru (red crowned cranes), a Japanese tit, and a pair of magpies. The plumage of the birds is beautifully rendered with vibrant feathers. All set within a mountainous landscape with gushing waterfalls, rolling hills, bamboo, pines and gnarled plum bearing blossoms. SIZE 76 x 215 cm The Kano school of painters, an artistic group composed of Kano male relatives as well as talented students who were granted the family name. The Kano school provided paintings for temples and palaces in Japan’s capital cities for generations. The artists prided themselves on their knowledge of Chinese painting styles, which they adapted for Japanese tastes. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related small six-panel folding screen depicting cranes under a pine, dated to the 19th century, 108 x 45.8 cm, at Christie’s, Art of Japan: Online, 5 December 2019, London, lot 7 (sold for GBP 5,000 or approx. EUR 7,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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