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A JAPANESE RIMPA SCHOOL TWO-FOLD PAPER SCREEN, BYOBU
EDO PERIOD, 18 CENTURY
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Painted in ink and colour on a gold ground with morning glories amongst bamboo, the branches partly obscured by scrolling clouds, 172cm x 180cm.
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of James Benson OBE (1925-2018), purchased from Milne Henderson Oriental Art, London. James ‘Jimmy’ Benson worked as a
submariner during World War II and later became the Vice Chairman of marketing company Oglivy & Mather International.
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