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Hunting scene before Mount Fuji | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
A six-panel folding screen depicting a dynamic hunting scene set before Mount Fuji, with nobles and attendants pursuing wild game among pine trees against a gold ground. Executed in ink, color and gofun, this 17th-18th century work exemplifies the refined aesthetic of Edo-period screen painting.
- Medium
- a six-panel folding screen; ink, colour and gofun on gold ground paper, with a scene of courtiers among pine trees hunting wild boar, bear, foxes and deer before Mount Fuji, their attendants with hounds and hawks, other panels depicting archers on horseback, silk brocade border decorated with hydrangeas among scrolling foliage, black lacquer mounts, engraved copper-gilt fittings
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Fine Japanese Works of Art
September 20, 2022
Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000
Lot 12
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