Anonymous | Scattered fans | Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century

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Anonymous

Scattered fans

Edo period, late 17^th - early 18^th century 

a six-panel folding screen; ink, colour and gold on paper, depicting open and closed fans scattered across the gold leaf and sprinkled gold ground, the fans applied and decorated with various scenes including cats, the Tale of Genji, Murasaki Shikibu, floral sprays, dragons, samurai, peacock, Hotei, flowers and foliage, monkeys, silk brocade border, black lacquer mounts, engraved fittings 

each panel approx. 175 x 64 cm., 68⅞ x 25¼ cm.