Trio of Cranes, Flowering Plum and Bamboo
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Antique Japanese six panel folding screen (byōbu) in sumi, colors and gold leaf (kinpaku) on paper, with paper hinges, textile border and wooden molding, depicting a spring landscape with a red-crested Japanese crane (tanchotsuru) approaching on wing, a pair of cranes wading along a meandering shoreline where timber bamboo (madake), a flowering plum tree (ume), variegated dwarf bamboo (sasadake) and narcissus (suisen) are growing, the scene framed by a bank of billowing clouds (kumo). Origin: Japan Era: Meiji (1868-1912), Mid/Late 19th Century Dimensions: 42.00 inches high x 103.50 inches wide Painting 3833 |