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ANONYMOUS, 19TH CENTURY THREE EMBROIDERED WALL HANGINGS
Scenes from the Tale of Genji Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
A six-panel folding screen painted in ink, colour and gold leaf on Worked in silk and cotton threads, deploying long and short stitches,
paper. Each mounted panel: 160.5cm (63 1/8in) high x 58cm (22 flat and twisted threads depicting a pair of writhing dragons emerging
7/8in) wide from turbulent waves beneath a pair of confronting ho-o birds in flight
among swirling clouds, the top edge of each panel with five brass
£1,000 - 1,500 ring handles for suspension; each unsigned. The largest: 323cm (127
HK$8,500 - 13,000 1/8in) high x 114cm (44 7/8in) wide (3).
CNY7,700 - 12,000
To be sold without reserve £1,000 - 1,500
HK$8,500 - 13,000
CNY7,700 - 12,000

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