Folding screen painted with Japanese scenes, folding screen with six panels, made of wood, covered on both sides with paper, with paper hinges (two whole and two half). The whole is bordered with slats of black lacquered wood, reinforced with gilt copper fittings. The front is painted inside a yellow-green frame with a representation of a Japanese interior with tatami mats and an open wall, a garden with a fence, peonies and grass, clouds and a moon, executed in gouache and gold leaf over thicker 'blobs' of paint applied with a brush. The reverse side is covered with gray Japanese paper, afterwards (so after the paper has already been glued to the screen) with a stencil or template painted in black with geometric motifs in circles. The width of the template is approximately twenty centimeters., anonymous, Japan, 1676 - 1699, wood (plant material), paper, gold leaf, paint (coating), gouache (paint), painting, h 18.4 cm × w 42.4 cm × w 7.3 cm × t 0.5 cm
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Folding screen painted, Japanese scenes, folding screen, six panels, wood, covered, sides, paper, paper hinges, two whole, two half, whole, bordered, slats, black lacquered wood, reinforced, gilt copper fittings, front, painted inside, yellow-green frame, representation, Japanese interior, tatami mats, open wall, garden, fence, peonies, grass, clouds, moon, executed, gouache, gold leaf, thicker 'blobs, paint applied, brush, reverse side, gray Japanese paper, afterwards, glued, screen, stencil, template painted, black, geometric motifs, circles, width, template, approximately twenty centimeters, Japan, 1676, 1699, plant material, paint, coating, painting
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