Anonymous | Grapevines among bamboo trellis | Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century

Property from the George Encil Collection

Anonymous

Grapevines among bamboo trellis

Momoyama period, late 16^th - early 17^th century

A six-panel folding screen: ink, colour and gold on paper, with grapevine behind bamboo woven fences, the grapes and foliage rendered in moriage [relief] simulating Dutch leather, with circular red seal, silk brocade border, black lacquer mounts, chased and engraved copper-gilt fittings

each panel approx. 171.5 x 62.5 cm., 67½ x 24⅝ cm.