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Lot 58W
A Japanese lacquered shibayama decorated two-fold low screen Probably late Meiji period (1868-1912) together with a pair of similar period small panels
12 – 23 September 2025, 12:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £768 inc. premium
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A Japanese lacquered shibayama decorated two-fold low screen
Probably late Meiji period (1868-1912) together with a pair of similar period small panels
The screen with two arched rectangular leaves inset with bone and mother of pearl inlaid rounded rectangular panels depicting birds seated on flowering branches, one with a further bird in flight, both with red square seal marks, all on a black ground, above lower panelled sections inset with further panels depicting birds in flight on a dark red lacquered ground, the reverse of each decorated with flowering foliage and tree boughs, raised on castors, the pair of panels with foliate and bird and butterfly decoration on a black ground, The two panels to the screen each 111cm high, 54cm wide, the pair of panels each 60.5cm high, 36cm wide (3)Each panel, 111cm high, 54cm wide, 2cm deep.
The screen with two arched rectangular leaves inset with bone and mother of pearl inlaid rounded rectangular panels depicting birds seated on flowering branches, one with a further bird in flight, both with red square seal marks, all on a black ground, above lower panelled sections inset with further panels depicting birds in flight on a dark red lacquered ground, the reverse of each decorated with flowering foliage and tree boughs, raised on castors, the pair of panels with foliate and bird and butterfly decoration on a black ground, The two panels to the screen each 111cm high, 54cm wide, the pair of panels each 60.5cm high, 36cm wide (3)Each panel, 111cm high, 54cm wide, 2cm deep.