Anonymous, Hound and puppies, Edo period, 17th century

a two-panel folding screen: ink, colour and gold on paper, depicting a hound and puppies beside a saddle (kura) emblazoned with a karashishi, the saddle mounted with leather pads on a saddle frame, silk brocade border, negoro-nuri style red lacquer frame, rubbed in places to reveal the black lacquer beneath, pierced copper-gilt frames

each panel 146.6 by 83cm. (57¾ by 32⅝ in.)