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                                             EMBROIDERED WORKS OF ARTS
                                             Various Properties
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           YUZAN                             A LARGE EMBROIDERED               A LARGE EMBROIDERED
           Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century   WALL HANGING           WALL HANGING
           The right-hand of a pair of six-panel folding   By Keibun, Meiji era (1868-1912),   Meiji era (1868-1912),
           screens, ink and colours on gold paper,   late 19th/early 20th century   late 19th/early 20th century
           depicting a blossoming cherry tree with two   Handwoven with different shades of thread   Handwoven with different shades of
           birds, probably koruri (Siberian blue robins),   (mostly faded) with an eagle gripping in its   green, brown and red silk thread with two
           and flowers of different seasons: ayame   talons a young cub, flying over two adult   cockerels confronting each other beneath
           (irises), nadeshiko (pinks), sumire (violets)   foxes snarling in vain on the ground; signed   the spreading boughs of a pine tree, irises,
           and asagao (morning glories), signed Yuzan.   at lower left Keibun sha within a jar-shaped   wild chrysanthemums and irises blooming
           106cm x 282cm (41¾in x 111in).    reserve. Overall: 218cm x 173cm (85 7/8in x   in the foreground, thatched buildings in the
                                             68 1/8in); image: 189cm x 143cm (74 3/8in   distance; unsigned. Overall: 234cm x 176cm
           £2,000 - 3,000                    x 56¼in).                         (92 1/8in x 69¼in); image: 205cm x 145cm
           JPY300,000 - 450,000                                                (80¾in x 57 1/8in).
           US$2,800 - 4,200                  £1,200 - 1,500
                                             JPY180,000 - 230,000              £1,000 - 1,500
                                             US$1,700 - 2,100                  JPY150,000 - 230,000
                                                                               US$1,400 - 2,100

           For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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