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ANONYMOUS KANO SCHOOL ANONYMOUS UNKOKU SCHOOL
Sparrows in a Landscape Literary Gathering
Edo period, 18th/19th century Edo period, 17th/18th century
Large six panel folding screen, ink, color, and gold on paper; depicting Large six-panel folding screen, ink, color and gold pigment on paper;
a flock of sparrows in a landscape with flowering chrysanthemum depicting a Chinese emperor seated at his desk in a garden pavilion
and ‘The Three Friends of Winter’ (pine-bamboo-prunus) bordering a with a veranda populated by scholars and attendants, a group of three
stream fed by rapids, unsigned (some restorations, especially along more literati and their attendants with books approaching from the left,
the vertical edges). sealed Toi (possibly Unkoku Toi, fl. c. 1736-1741).
66 5/8 x 147 1/4 (374 x 168.4cm) 66 1/2 x 146 3/4in (169 x 373cm)
US$1,500 - 2,000 US$1,000 - 1,500

Provenance
purchased 1993-94 at Imari, Inc., Sausalito

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