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                                                             PAINTED SCREENS
                                                             Various Properties
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           TWO EMBROIDERED SILK PANELS                       ANONYMOUS, KANO SCHOOL
           Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century   Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th/18th century
           Each worked in predominantly silk and cotton threads with a dove in   A Stable; two paintings now remounted as a two-panel folding
           flight among blooming chrysanthemums, thistles, morning glories and   screen, ink, colours and gold on paper with gold paper surround
           irises beneath trailing wisteria on a red silk ground; one panel signed   and embroidered silk borders with lacquered frame, depicting four
           Keibun hitsu (Brushed by Keibun) with seal Keibun.    mettlesome steeds tethered in their stalls; unsigned.
           Each panel: 330.5cm x 113.5cm (130 1/8in x 44½in). (2).  Overall: 149cm x 152cm (58 5/8in x 59 7/8in); right image: 92.7cm x
                                                             58cm (36½in x 22 7/8in); left image: 93cm x 58cm (36 5/8in x 22 7/8in).
           £2,000 - 3,000
           JPY300,000 - 450,000                              £2,000 - 3,000
           US$2,700 - 4,100                                  JPY300,000 - 450,000
                                                             US$2,700 - 4,100
           Please refer to the footnote in the preceding lot. The signature
           indicates the work is embroidered after a design by the well-known   For another example of this type compare a set in the Tokyo National
           bird-and-flower painter Matsumura Keibun (1779-1843).  Museum (inv.no. A-10139), webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/
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