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           ARTIST UNKNOWN                    A SILK-EMBROIDERED PANEL          A LARGE EMBROIDERED WALL HANGING
           BIRDS AND FLOWERS                 Meiji era (1868-1912),            Meiji era (1868-1912),
           Edo period (1615-1868),           late 19th/early 20th century      late 19th/early 20th century
           late 18th/early 19th century      Worked in silk and cotton threads, inventively   Woven in different shades of brown, yellow,
           A six-panel miniature folding screen, ink, mineral   deploying long and short stitches, flat and   white and red silk and cotton threads
           colours and gold on paper, with silk border and   twisted threads in a palette of browns, grey and   depicting in the foreground a mass of
           lacquered wood frame with copper-alloy fittings,   yellow to depict a recumbent lion lying against its  assorted chrysanthemums growing over a
           painted in Kano style with egrets, pine, nandina   mate, unsigned; within a gilt-wood glazed frame   fence and along the banks of a meandering
           and bamboo by a river, all against a cloud-  with brocade backing.   stream beneath five overlapping fan-shaped
           scalloped gold background; unsigned.  42.5cm x 59.2cm (16¾in x 23¼in).  panels enclosing famous landmarks such as
           41.5cm x 102.5cm (16 3/8in x 40 3/8in).                             the Kinkakuji and Kiyomizudera temples in
                                             £1,500 - 2,000                    Kyoto; unsigned.
           £1,000 - 1,500                    JPY200,000 - 260,000              Overall: 230cm x 142cm (90½in x 55 7/8in);
           JPY130,000 - 200,000              US$1,900 - 2,500                  image: 201cm x 113.5cm (79 1/8in x 40¾in).
           US$1,200 - 1,900
                                                                               £3,000 - 5,000
                                                                               JPY400,000 - 660,000
                                                                               US$3,700 - 6,200

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