Anonymous | Cranes and chicks among pine | Edo period, 18th century

The Property of a Lady

Anonymous

Cranes and chicks among pine

Edo period, 18^th century

a six-panel folding screen: ink, colour, gold and gofun on paper, depicting two red-capped cranes and their chicks among the branches of a large pine, surrounded by further pine, peony, rockwork and swirling waters, silk brocade border, black lacquer mounts

each panel approx. 170.7 x 61.7 cm., 67¼ x 24¼ in.