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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF BILLY PEARSON PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
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ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY) ANONYMOUS (18TH CENTURY)
Grapes on a trellis Mynah birds
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
A six-panel screen painted in ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper A six-panel screen painted in ink, colors and gold leaf on paper depicting a
depicting a grape vine heavy with fruit on a bamboo trellis behind a bamboo flock of crested mynah birds in flight, and at rest in a cypress tree
fence by small hill and a flowing stream 60 1/2 x 139in (152.4 x 353cm)
60 x 101 1/4in (152.4 x 257.2cm)
$8,000 - 12,000
$15,000 - 25,000
For a similar but slightly earlier pair of screens of crested mynah birds in the
collection the Metroploitan Museum of art, New York, see https://www.
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78221

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